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spying



NOUN
surveillance
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It did not accuse Alfozan nor Saudi Arabia, which is a close US ally, of spying activity in its statement on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

According to the EFL commission, the club employed "a particularly deplorable approach" by using junior members of staff to conduct the spying "at the direction of senior personnel".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The FA did not charge Leeds United's former manager Marcelo Bielsa after the club were found guilty of spying on Derby in 2019, instead issuing a formal warning.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In Taipei, Karen Kuo, a spokeswoman for Lai, called the alleged spying a “classic case of transnational repression.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Sometimes I thought Georgie was following me, spying on me from a hiding place in the woods, but he didn’t give himself away.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn


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