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Recent Examples of surveillantThe consequences of that world for the surveillant as well as the surveilled is a lesson for this day and age for sure.—Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
However, the extent of political reform remains a key point of scrutiny for both internal and external observers.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Although tariffs, or taxes on imports, are a pillar of Trump’s economic policy, the move still surprised many observers, since Mexico and Canada are among the U.S.’s traditional allies and top trading partners.
Intimidating sentries patrol the streets; snipers are merciless death machines.
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IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Nov. 2014
Sitting in front of him was the angry sentry known as Devlin’s Billabong, named when Bruce Devlin needed six shots to get out of the pond in the final round of the 1975 Andy Williams Open.
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Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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