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as in reporters
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news
the student journalist asked questions as probing as those of a seasoned intelligencer
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as in spies
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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In response to questions from reporters, a spokesperson for Hogsett said the administration met the requirements for the portal by revamping the city’s website in 2019.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
29 Jan. 2026 -
His remarks to reporters earlier today were the first since the president assigned him to lead federal operations in Minnesota, after Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino made his exit this week.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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One worker joined the FBI and made a career in counterintelligence, sniffing out Chinese spies.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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Desperate to learn what happened, the pair volunteers to become spies in Moscow themselves.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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In Minnesota, investigators and journalists have raised serious questions about fraud schemes tied to networks that disproportionately benefited non-citizens, while the families actually paying into the system were left footing the bill.—
Jennifer Nassour,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Nearly 7 in 10 journalists have lost their jobs.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Set against escalating Arctic ambitions by Russia and China, the story follows a Finnish family of operatives navigating military conflict, biological warfare, and global espionage as geopolitical tensions reach breaking point.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Game of Thrones alum stars alongside Haley Lu Richardson in the new Peacock thriller series, which follows Bea (Clarke) and Twila (Richardson), two widows of CIA agents who take their husbands' places in Moscow as CIA operatives.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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Iranian state television on Sunday morning took a page from demonstrators, having their correspondents appear on streets in several cities to show calm areas with a date stamp shown on screen.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Iranian state television on Sunday morning had its correspondents appear on the streets in several cities to show calm areas with a date stamp shown on screen.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Draft indictment detailed Epstein’s abuse The FBI started investigating Epstein in July 2006 and agents expected him to be indicted in May 2007, according to the newly records released.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Elsewhere, law enforcement leaders, civil rights advocates and other legal experts have decried how ICE agents and other federal officers have been flouting best practices when making street arrests, conducting crowd control and maintaining public safety amid mass protests.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The Revolutionary Guard holds vast business interest across Iran, and sanctions could allow its assets in Europe to be seized.—
SAM McNEIL AND JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Such a poor win to loss ratio would typically lead to thinking that a team should sell off superfluous parts in trades and search for younger players or draft assets in return.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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It's been nearly a decade since The Night Manager ensnared viewers in its sticky web of arms dealers, secret agents, and dodgy bureaucrats.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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The show includes high-stakes undercover operations and night chases to secret agents, treasure maps, and vast sums of black-market money changing hands.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Intelligencers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencers. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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