spy on
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The world’s largest producer of titanium was the Soviet Union, and the Soviets weren’t about to sell the material to the U.S. to build a plane to spy on them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Wai also recruited a fellow Border Force officer, an ex-Royal Marine called Matthew Trickett, to help spy on foreign dissidents.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Former Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt was accused in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a former girlfriend and business partner of using a Gmail “backdoor” to spy on her and company employees.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
On Monday OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said the company planned to add language to its agreement, including explicitly prohibiting the use of its systems to spy on Americans.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
“I want to spy on Miss Joe,” I tell her.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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