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[spahy] / spaɪ /




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“You know how in the spy thriller or the heist movie, you’re introduced to the crew at the beginning,” Obama wrote.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

He and his wife have installed German-made saunas inside their residences, South Korea’s spy agency said in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

He won in 2018 for his role as KGB spy Philip Jennings in “The Americans.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

According to media reports, Khaled al-H. was brought to Austria ⁠by the former domestic intelligence service, BVT, at the request of Israeli spy agency Mossad as part of "Operation White Milk."

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Knowing his love of spy novels, they figured he was joking about the Soviets having an actual fission device hidden in the Soviet embassy in Washington.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Reddick loads her genre-blurring tale with outlandish intrigue involving Soviet spies, a capitalist cult and a roving choir that doubles as a Greek chorus.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The Times quotes officials justifying the order by saying it would reduce duplication of effort; our own spies wouldn’t bother recruiting someone if they knew he or she was already an agent.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

Foreign spies were seeking to recruit Australians to reveal official secrets about AUKUS, the country's security partnership with Britain and the United States.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

BEIJING—Chinese spies are increasingly posing as job recruiters on LinkedIn and other professional networking sites to recruit Western military and government personnel, the U.S. and its intelligence allies warned this week, reinforcing calls for vigilance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

When Elizebeth and her team broke the intercepts, they turned out to be messages from spies.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Most intriguing: A Krispy Kreme truck was spied pulling up to the arena.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

Southampton have been thrown out of the play-offs after admitting they spied on three clubs in the Championship season.

From BBC May 19, 2026

Documents have also proved that Mexico's military spied on Ramos by infecting his phone with Pegasus spyware.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

The British-based dissidents spied on included Nathan Law, a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

He spied a small container of hand sanitizer sitting on the right side of the desk and grabbed it.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Khalife was found guilty of spying but cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax at the Army barracks where he had been based as a soldier.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The conversation was private and strictly off-the-record: The venue had been changed at the last minute to avoid spying.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

“You could start to see things exposed that shouldn’t be discussed, things that are real and truly sensitive,” said Mark Fowler, a former senior CIA officer who ran spying operations against Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

His ability helped earn him that, of course, but it was an off-field moment that Gordon Strachan noticed when spying on the Under-21s that told the head coach he was right for his squad.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

The robot might look up from the pasture and see Jad peeking around the corner of the barn, or see Jaya spying from the branches of a tree.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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