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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
  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did address Trump’s most recent attack on Zelensky during her own gaggle with reporters on the White House driveway.
    Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2025
  • What To Know State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters on Tuesday that Trump's Russia and Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, would be attending the talks in London on Wednesday, but Rubio would not travel to the British capital for the fresh rounds of discussions.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Cassian is now a secret spy for the budding Rebel Alliance.
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The payloads included a South Korean military radar spy satellite, a small commercial weather satellite, and the most interesting payload: an experimental reentry vehicle from a German startup named Atmos Space Cargo.
    Abigail Bassett, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Trump's idea to incarcerate U.S. citizens abroad raises concerns In: Immigration MS-13 Deportation United States Department of Justice Scott MacFarlane Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Barbara Peterson is Afar’s special correspondent for air, covering breaking airline news and major trends in air travel.
    Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Gibbs meets his red-headed real estate agent, Diane (Kathleen Kenny).
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The same source suggested to The Athletic that Sanders' refusal to hire an agent to represent him in an official capacity acted as a detriment.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The week before, during a Fyre Festival 2 press conference in Playa del Carmen on March 27, Martina Beach Club Founder Fernando Delgado told local journalists that the festival had secured the necessary permits in the city.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Still, Democratic operatives say the optics matter.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
  • These hybrid operatives babysit swarms of agents, write policy tests and negotiate with regulators.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Intelligencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencer. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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