spy
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The two countries have previously used hacking during the war to spy on each other, find new targets and assess damage from their attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
President Donald Trump voiced on Saturday his support for the "brilliant" head of US chip giant Nvidia, Jensen Huang after a report he was targeted by a Chinese spy plot.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
His work, Mr. Nicholl suggests, may have involved posing as a Catholic to spy on those suspected of disloyalty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Damon’s challenger is 72-year-old character actor John Malkovich, who gives a career-topping performance as a jaded, dying spy in ‘Wild Horse Nine.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Putting it in the merciless terms of the spy game, CIA Director John McCone noted, “This source will be of no further value.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Alfozan’s arrest raised the specter of spies in Silicon Valley, where firms working on cutting-edge technology have long warned staff that bad actors could try to steal their secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“Real spies get training in espionage. I had received no such training at all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
We examine how AI labs are training employees to spot spies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
He said MI5's successes in identifying and expelling Russian spies from the UK had left the Kremlin dependent on paying proxies for attempted attacks.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
DISLIKES: Hates that spies never get to sleep in.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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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
Courtney Forrest, a lawyer for Bisignano, said in a statement that he never 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
Looking around for a good whipping stick, I spied one about ten feet away and darted over to get it.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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The U.S. has a number of times in the past ordered Cuban diplomats out of the country but usually after accusations of spying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
In 1949 MI5 became increasingly concerned about Bevan's friendship with Wilfred Macartney, "an unsavoury, unscrupulous character" convicted of spying for Russia in 1928.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
While the complaint against Alfozan does not allege spying activities, US Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton implied in a statement last week that the case had national security implications.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
In 2022, a former Twitter employee was found guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia and sentenced to 42 months in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
I will be good at spying, as I am an excellent observer.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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