Thesaurus / spy
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She’s completely won Emily over by volunteering to act as her socialite spy.
EVERY EPISODE OF GILMORE GIRLS, RANKEDCONSTANCE GRADYOCTOBER 6, 2020VOXMany have turned to VPNs, or virtual private networks, thinking that they can protect you from snoopers and spies.
FREE VPNS ARE BAD FOR YOUR PRIVACYZACK WHITTAKERSEPTEMBER 24, 2020TECHCRUNCHHowever, recruiting and retaining the talent capable of building these tools is a challenge on many levels, especially since a spy agency can’t match Silicon Valley salaries, reputations, and patents.
CIA’S NEW TECH RECRUITING PITCH: MORE PATENTS, MORE PROFITSPATRICK O'NEILLSEPTEMBER 21, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWTenet, a time-travel spy thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson, was originally slated as a summerlong “tentpole” release, expected to be among the highest-grossing movies of the year.
WILL ‘TENET’ REVIVE U.S. MOVIE THEATERS AS IT’S FINALLY RELEASED?DZANEMORRISSEPTEMBER 3, 2020FORTUNENormally, silence and secrecy are inherent in the spy business.
THE MAN WHO BUILT A SPYWARE EMPIRE SAYS IT’S TIME TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOWSBOBBIE JOHNSONAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIt was a fact that Amy Drew often saw humor where her chum 98 could not spy anything in the least laughable.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSEValence sent a woman, disguised as a beggar, to spy out the position; but Bruce saw through the dodge, and the spy confessed.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONTo spy out the land with a naval telescope over a mile of sea means taking a lot on trust as we learned to our cost on April 25th.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONMany a spy of the Kaiser had tried to pry there and had been arrested and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUXNobody guessed where the King of Asturia was, and the spy had gone off on a false errand altogether.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITEWORDS RELATED TO SPY
- be all ears
- bug
- case
- check out
- check over
- check up
- consider
- delve
- dig
- examine
- explore
- eyeball
- feel out
- frisk
- give the once-over
- go into
- inquire
- inquisite
- inspect
- interrogate
- listen in
- look into
- look over
- make inquiry
- muckrake
- nose around
- poke
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- put to the test
- question
- read
- reconnoiter
- research
- review
- run down
- scout
- scrutinize
- search
- sift
- spy
- stake out
- study
- tap
- wiretap
- admire
- attend
- behold
- beware
- consider
- contemplate
- eye
- feast one's eyes
- flash
- focus
- gape
- gawk
- gaze
- get a load of
- glance
- glower
- goggle
- heed
- inspect
- mark
- mind
- note
- notice
- observe
- ogle
- peep
- peer
- pore over
- read
- regard
- rubberneck
- scan
- scout
- scrutinize
- see
- spot
- spy
- stare
- study
- survey
- take a gander
- take in the sights
- tend
- view
- watch
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