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spy

[spahy] / spaɪ /




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And, the former German spy chief August Hanning was arrested on suspicion of espionage, treason and obtaining classified information for a foreign power earlier this month.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The car, a mashup of a 1970s-era Lotus Esprit and the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, has an electric drivetrain that can do 0 to 60 mph in 0.8 seconds.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Fiji also this week announced it was overhauling its intelligence service, with New Zealand's spy agency to conduct a six-month review.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Tess Gerritsen, the author of many thrillers, once had an older character, a former spy, observe that for a clandestine agent “gray hair is the best disguise.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

More important, he explained how these tricks translated directly into spy work.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

According to Reuters, some of the data contains details about officials' job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese spies, Russian intelligence and drug cartels.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Lyukshin was trained in "information warfare" by senior Russian spies and his details matched those of EL.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Posing as a writer, Tyler soon spies Chana with two other young Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

But while Mr. McCredie’s masters provided him with vague guidance about his duties, Kuzichkin received specific instructions that went beyond his normal remit of running “illegals”—as undercover spies were called.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Kojo snapped several photos of the parchment, holding his phone sideways, like he’d seen spies do in movies.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

NHS founder Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was spied on by MI5 for more than 20 years, according to newly released files.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Frank Bisignano directed staff to use software to snoop in email of rivals and surveil work of employees; Bisignano, who also heads Social Security, denied he ever spied on co-workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The man who runs the IRS spied on colleagues while working at JPMorgan.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Then, somehow, through the sea of jerseys, Cormac's 14-year-old son spied somebody he recognised.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

But she’d spied the ghost as well and was pressing her finger to her lips to keep me quiet.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

In 2022, a former Twitter worker, Ahmad Abouammo, was found guilty of spying for Saudi officials keen to unmask critics on the platform.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The six-week ban from all football activity would be triggered if he was found to be involved in any other spying between now and the end of next season.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

Back in London, Blake slipped quietly into his new routine of spying on England for the KGB—all the while pretending to spy on the Soviets for MI6.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau


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