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Rezaei replaces Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, 72, a low-key yet longtime high-ranking intelligence operative, as secretary of the council.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Some became incredible investments later, the operative word being “later.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

In an age before the internet, before social media, before the cable-TV chat shows and before Carville and the like, Reilly came as close to celebrity as a political operative possibly could.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

The Israeli military said it had struck a Hamas operative and was aware of claims that uninvolved individuals were killed in the strike.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

When the operative told her that he was looking to buy a house in the vicinity, she mentioned that William Hale “controlled everything” in these parts.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Using stolen identities, AI tools and U.S. accomplices, its operatives have cheated their way into remote jobs in an effort to earn money for Kim Jong Un’s regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Should further harassment and non-compliance occur, referrals will be made to North Wales Police, operatives will leave the site and the bridge will be closed," it said.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Russian and North Korean cyber operatives are already collaborating on malware, cybersecurity experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Details of Tuesday's arrest remain sketchy, but police confirmed operatives from its Force Intelligence Department and Intelligence Response Team were involved.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Activist pastors from South Korean churches invented the escape trade in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hiring border operatives who greased the palms of North Korean guards with cash donated by parishioners in Seoul.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden