intrigue

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His real name was uncovered last week by the BBC's Sue Mitchell and Rob Lawrie, whose pursuit of the smuggler is told in the Radio 4 podcast Intrigue: To Catch A King.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Right now, there is: Intrigue, plotting, phone calls, quiet chats, guesswork and claims of underhand tactics.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

Intrigue grew as Smith conducted an on-field agility drill about 45 minutes before the deadline for declaring inactive players and threw some passes.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

“The private secretaries run the place, basically,” said Valentine Low, royal correspondent for the Times of London and the author of “Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor.”

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2023

While Tallmadge was setting up the Culper Ring, Washington was already getting bits from Nathaniel Sackett, a “Person of Intrigue and Secrecy,” who was running his own spy network centered on New York City.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen