as in spying
the secret gathering of information on others
the acts of espionage on behalf of the Confederacy carried on by Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow
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Dana Eden, an Israeli producer on the Apple TV hit espionage thriller series Tehran, was found dead at the age of 52 on Sunday in a hotel room in Athens, Greece, during the shoot of the show’s season 4, Reuters and Israeli networks reported.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Gallo, an Argentine national security officer who García says is innocent, was arrested in 2024 and charged with espionage and terrorism after crossing the Colombian-Venezuelan border to reunite with his partner and young son.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
With Claire under suspicion of espionage, she was forced to marry Lord John Grey (David Berry) for protection — a development the very much alive Jamie did not take kindly to upon his return, having taken a different passage home.
—Amy Wilkinson, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
And this is an even more important skill to have on Appian's board, as the company is on the verge of coming into an at least $500 million windfall from a corporate espionage lawsuit filed against Pega.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Gallo, an Argentine national security officer who García says is innocent, was arrested in 2024 and charged with espionage and terrorism after crossing the Colombian-Venezuelan border to reunite with his partner and young son.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
With Claire under suspicion of espionage, she was forced to marry Lord John Grey (David Berry) for protection — a development the very much alive Jamie did not take kindly to upon his return, having taken a different passage home.
—Amy Wilkinson, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
And this is an even more important skill to have on Appian's board, as the company is on the verge of coming into an at least $500 million windfall from a corporate espionage lawsuit filed against Pega.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026
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Turkey arrests 6 suspected of spying ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish authorities have arrested six people, including an Iranian national, on suspicion of spying for Iran, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Relations have deteriorated over allegations of Chinese spying in Britain, China’s support for Russia in Moscow’s war on Ukraine and the crackdown on freedoms in Hong Kong, the former British colony that was returned to China in 1997.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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