Example Sentences

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Ashiqe said the coast guard was intercepting smaller boats that were leaving Bangladeshi shores with people to feed the larger ships.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2014

They inflamed a furor that erupted last year when it was learned that the U.S. was intercepting Internet traffic in Germany and eavesdropping on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone calls.

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2014

He was intercepting passes and shutting down receivers, accumulating highlights he hoped would attract interest from NFL teams.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2014

The latter was a reference to leaks last year by Snowden showing that the United States was intercepting communications of Germans and citizens of other European nations on a massive scale.

From Washington Post

Thanks in no small part to her decryptions, the Coast Guard was intercepting many more rumrunners, depriving the crime bosses of their profits.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield