surveilled

verb

past tense of surveil
as in monitored

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  1. monitored
  2. spied
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  • The new letter warns that the industry doesn't yet know how to safely build and deploy models whose reasoning process can't be monitored.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Banyan Elementary was not on the recent list of schools being monitored for possible closure, which was released by the district in August but shortly thereafter put on pause by new Superintendent Rafael Villalobos.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • The tourists, having sent home seven players and their coaching staff mid-series, made four changes but really only spied solace in the performance of Razaullah Khan, one of three debutants.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • To the north of the fire, between a forest and a small dirt road, Olstead spied a green field—the jump spot.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
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