as in eavesdropping
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as in gawking
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
thoughtless drivers pausing on the highway to rubberneck at the accident
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubbernecking
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Those coordinates can come from any intelligence source: a satellite, a drone, radio eavesdropping or even a human spotter with a pair of binoculars.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025 -
Apple agrees to $95M settlement over Siri eavesdropping claims: Who could get payments, if it’s approved Also, in the Calculator app, a mathematical operation can now be repeated by tapping the equal button again.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Wild coaches challenged the play for potential goalie interference, but the goal was allowed to stand, and Washington was awarded a power play for the unsuccessful challenge.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2025
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The executive order against Jenner & Block complains that the firm re-hired a lawyer, Andrew Weissmann, who was part of Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference to benefit Trump in the 2016 presidential election.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Just whittling down a potential pool of hundreds of jury candidates is expected to last as many as three days at the end of April, the judge said, before the final panel undergoes voir dire questioning, scheduled to begin the first few days of May.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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The man was brought back to Oakland for questioning and was to be booked at Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of murder.—
Harry Harris,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Rubbernecking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubbernecking. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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