spy on
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“It gave me chills. What do you do with a window to the world? Spy on reality.”
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2018
Spy on what’s going on underwater with your own underwater scope.
From National Geographic Kids • Jun. 26, 2017
Instead, he assigns her a task: Spy on the foreigner.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2011
But not even an all-star cast that included Toby Stephens and Donald Sinden could beat BBC1's Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice, which averaged 5.4 million viewers, 21% of the audience, between 8pm and 9pm.
From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2010
“You can keep an eye on the neighbors from here. Spy on the Woolmeres and the Castles.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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