spy on

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In 2015 the German newspaper Kicker reported that Cologne - where Eckert was working as a youth coach - had sent an analyst to spy on Hamburg during a warm-weather training camp in Dubai.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Havana carried out an elaborate project called Operation Scorpion to spy on the organization and track its flights.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Wai also recruited a fellow Border Force officer, an ex-Royal Marine called Matthew Trickett, to help spy on foreign dissidents.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

For much of this century, the big tech companies, as well as their investors, have often tried to avoid developing or promoting things that helped spy on people or kill them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

He leaned over the bridge’s rail and spoke into it like a spy on a double-o mission, as if he didn’t want anyone to overhear.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd