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as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed

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Noun
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    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
  • The Sacramento Bee 916-321-1040 Darrell Smith is The Sacramento Bee’s Equity Lab reporter covering issues important to the Black community and diverse voices in the capital region.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The season also brings back Monica Barbaro — fresh off her Oscar nomination for A Complete Unknown — as Schwarzenegger’s spy dad’s daughter.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
  • Paramount, the studio behind the eighth spy thriller, also hosted premieres in Tokyo and London.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots capturing moments from their lives and work around the world.
    Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 May 2025
  • Weber Pierson spoke to KFF Health News correspondent Christine Mai-Duc in Sacramento this spring.
    Kaiser Health News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The team also included A.R.G.U.S. agent John Economos (Steve Agee) of the Belle Reve Penitentiary, National Security Agency agent and former Waller aide Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), and new team member Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2025
  • This solution integrates contact centers with operational systems, enabling both self-service and live agent support across channels like voice, chat, and SMS.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The summit will take place on May 16 with panelists from Cinecittà, Les Studios de Paris, The Royal Commission of Alula and Bulgaria participating in conversations moderated by Variety journalists Leo Barraclough, John Hopewell, Nick Vivarelli and Alex Ritman.
    William Earl, Variety, 12 May 2025
  • Being synonymous with sports and giving sports commentary and being a sports journalist and broadcaster spanning the last three decades is obviously going to come first.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • In a display of brute aggression, cartel operatives humiliated Mexican officials by forcing the government to release Mr. Guzmán López shortly after he was captured.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 7 May 2025
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    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 May 2025
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“Intelligencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencer. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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