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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
  • Betty Lin-Fisher is a consumer reporter for USA TODAY.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Cutright, who has not responded to requests for comment from The Bee, told a reporter from ABC10 the night of the incident that the explosions did not originate with his company.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is mostly an over-the-top spy thriller with wild shootouts, great suspense and some really intense action, but this scene took it to another level entirely.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Padrino accused Washington of sharply intensifying aerial surveillance of Venezuela, citing a surge in spy flights last month.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dinah Voyles Pulver, a national correspondent for USA TODAY, has written about hurricanes, tornadoes and violent weather for more than 30 years.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In a statement from the Utah Department of Public Safety and FBI Salt Lake City office posted to X by NBC News correspondent Tom Winter, the agencies said that two persons of interest had been taken into custody and later released.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Frantzve is a real estate agent with The Corcoran Group in New York City, according to her LinkedIn profile.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Staffing firms must help clients unbundle jobs into tasks and outcomes, then match them with the right blend of full-time employees, freelancers, or AI agents.
    John Winsor, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • ByLaura Manske Based in NYC, Laura Manske has been a staff editor at many top magazines, as well as an award-winning freelance journalist and photographer.
    Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • 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, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One is Julie Stauch, a longtime Iowa political operative who launched her bid in June.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The report also detailed how its AI capabilities were being misused by North Korean operatives who used it to obtain remote jobs at tech companies.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Intelligencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencer. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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