- present participle of spy.
spying
Example Sentences
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A Royal Navy service member has been charged with spying for an unnamed foreign country, police have said.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Saints were expelled from the Championship play-offs in May after admitting spying on training sessions involving Oxford United, Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough before the play-off semi-final.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
He said AfD lawmakers in Thuringia had recently requested information from his ministry about drone defenses and Russian spying activities using a procedure that forces the government to respond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
So he had retreated when I came in sight, none the wiser for spying.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
