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Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have for years worked alongside private mine security to surveil the largely peaceful protesters who oppose the mine, called Thacker Pass, according to more than 2,000 pages of internal law enforcement communications reviewed by ProPublica.—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 23 July 2025 The helicopter used to surveil the scene from above did not see anything suspicious, according to officers.—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 21 July 2025 Robots surveil the streets as police officers, educate students as teachers and deliver packages as postal employees.—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025 Iran also reportedly cooperates with criminal groups in Europe, working with them to surveil Israeli targets in France, Germany and the U.K.
U.S. nationals have also been targeted directly.—Nakissa Jahanbani, The Conversation, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for surveil
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