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The phrase "are eavesdropping" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the act of secretly listening to a conversation or communication without the knowledge of the participants.
Example: "The neighbors are eavesdropping on our conversation through the thin walls."
Alternatives: "are listening in" or "are spying on".
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They are eavesdropping on the continents".
Later the servants are eavesdropping on the jazz party.
Your child will think you are eavesdropping on their conversation — even if you aren't.
You have the sudden vivid feeling that you are eavesdropping on an aristocracy.
Watching the great depth and complicated realism of this performance, you get the uneasy sense that you are eavesdropping on Alsop's soul.
They seem to have the comfort level of old friends, and audiences at their show, "I Sing for Freedom," may well feel as if they are eavesdropping.
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Mr. Breslin was eavesdropping.
One is eavesdropping to improve quality.
I like the reader to be eavesdropping".
Fidel, who has been eavesdropping, is to be his escort.
The crime they are accused of is eavesdropping.
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