At the same time, it would expand the N.S.A.'s powers to wiretap without warrants in the United States in one respect: when it is eavesdropping on a foreigner's cellphone, and that person travels to the United States, the N.S.A. would be allowed to keep wiretapping for up to a week while it seeks court permission.
If it was eavesdropping, then legal questions potentially come into play.
And if it was eavesdropping, then it inevitably evokes thoughts of the N.F.L. scandal in which the New England Patriots used video cameras to record opposing coaches' signals during games.
It was as if I were eavesdropping on the intense personal life of a great writer.
In case you were wondering, yes, I am eavesdropping shamelessly.
Suddenly I was eavesdropping on a conversation from long ago.
But I wanted to use his style of how it comes across like he's eavesdropping.
If attendance at concerts like these can sometimes make it seem like one is eavesdropping on a private conversation, composers like Mr. Sessions, who died in 1985, and Mr. Davidovsky, who is very much with us, should take heart from new listening technologies that encourage individual tastes, promoting musical niches and making mass appeal less relevant.
Her songs stem from a place so intimate and inward-facing, it feels like you're eavesdropping when you hear her moan lines like, "If you want to touch me you can do it with the lights on".
It left viewers feeling they were eavesdropping on a very private moment.
