spy
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After 9/11, the government punished ordinary Muslim Americans who refused its overtures to spy, at great personal cost, for it.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
I imagined he was in the CIA, and often away on spy missions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Her time as the nation’s spy chief was dominated by the need to support and facilitate the president’s intelligence agenda.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
A former Cuban spy who infiltrated a group of Florida anti-communist exiles in the 1990s told AFP that Havana's fatal shootdown of two planes piloted by the activists set the stage for devastating US sanctions.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
What if the Russians used Sputnik to spy on us?
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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