spy
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Ratcliffe met Russian intelligence officials on Tuesday - notably his opposite number in Russia's overseas spy agency, Sergei Naryshkin - after arriving unannounced on a US military plane, the Kremlin confirmed.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A dispute between a producer and Netflix over a missing copy of a World War II spy drama starring Nicolas Cage has now reached the Los Angeles Police Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
When I joked, “I didn’t realize I was communicating with the NSA,” without skipping a beat, he replied: “breaking news the fbi let a spy get shot 5 times!”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
NeXT was integrated into the spy agencies just as their mission was about to change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“This is how a spy passes something to another spy without anyone seeing,” he said.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
The Telegraph suggests Burnham's visit has also seen him receive a "gold mine" of secret battlefield intelligence to help "protect the UK from Russian spies and saboteurs".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Month after month, spies secretly met in a secure compound to discuss rhyme schemes, structural forms and heroic odes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
One of North Korea's best-known spies was Jeong Su-il, who entered South Korea in 1984 posing as Muhammed Kansu, a Filipino-Lebanese academic.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
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 music was meant to cover their conversation, in case the room was bugged by Soviet spies.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
The man who runs the IRS spied on colleagues while working at JPMorgan.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Frank Bisignano, head of the IRS and Social Security Administration, allegedly spied on fellow executives while co-COO of JPMorgan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Press reports have detailed how ByteDance’s China-based engineers accessed sensitive data of American users and spied on U.S. journalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Most intriguing: A Krispy Kreme truck was spied pulling up to the arena.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Whenever he spied a dog through his glass, Stuart would hurry to the nearest doorman, climb his trouser-leg, and hide in the tails of his uniform.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
In 2024, Australian police charged a married Russian-born couple with spying for Moscow, accusing them of accessing national security-related material from the military.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Billionaires like New York Knicks owner James L. Dolan reportedly use spying tech to harass people who criticize them.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Does housing and spying czar Bill Pulte want another brass nameplate for his collection?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Traditional spying, hacking operations and spy satellites all fall under the body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Now I was sure Finkle was spying on me.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
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