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- noun Plural form of
eavesdrop . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
eavesdrop .
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Examples
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Speke Hall, LiverpoolBuilt in stages throughout the 16th century, this timber-framed manor house was the home of the Catholic Norris family, and is filled with priest holes, eavesdrops and everything the secret papist needs.2.
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Your body eavesdrops on your thinking; it is a feedback process.
Vaishali: Self-Awareness: The Key to Owning and Operating the Human Experience Vaishali 2010
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Your body eavesdrops on your thinking; it is a feedback process.
Vaishali: Self-Awareness: The Key to Owning and Operating the Human Experience Vaishali 2010
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Anna confesses her feelings to Jeremy, telling him that she never wants to hurt him as John eavesdrops.
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Santa loves the children, and so he remote-watches them while they sleep and eavesdrops while they mumble about visions of sugarplums and then, when the time is right, he sneaks into their houses and then back out again without making a sound.
Twelve Reasons Santa Might Be A Vampire, And Why That’s Kind Of Awesome | Her Bad Mother 2009
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Your body eavesdrops on your thinking; it is a feedback process.
Vaishali: Self-Awareness: The Key to Owning and Operating the Human Experience Vaishali 2010
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Anna confesses her feelings to Jeremy, telling him that she never wants to hurt him as John eavesdrops.
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Your body eavesdrops on your thinking; it is a feedback process.
Vaishali: Self-Awareness: The Key to Owning and Operating the Human Experience Vaishali 2010
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The audience eavesdrops on telephone calls between the prime minister and key figures, such as the US president, at crucial times in the buildup to war, inviting questions about whether the dialogue is based on real conversations.
Sarah Helm play gives an insider's view of the Iraq war countdown 2011
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One of those charged was a contractor who had security clearance at the National Security Agency, which eavesdrops on communications worldwide.
Pentagon workers found to have downloaded child pornography 2010
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