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[spahy] / spaɪ /




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Traitors star and Ted Lasso actor Nick Mohammed will host the Bond and Beyond Prom on 25 August, featuring greatest hits from Skyfall and The Spy Who Loved Me, amongst others.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Spy Probe: The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that startup Deel recruited a spy inside a rival firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

Set in Cold War Moscow, “Ponies” falls, intriguingly and occasionally uneasily, somewhere between FX’s “The Americans” and underappreciated female-empowerment comedy film “The Spy Who Dumped Me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Spy agencies have long made innovative use of technology, including devices more fanciful than those James Bond gets from Q, his gadgetry wizard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Playing card games, Twenty Questions and I Spy With My Little Eye are excellent forms of simple recreation.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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