as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
for years we have had a mole in the enemy's national intelligence agency
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Recent Examples of mole
In higher-risk individuals, such as those with many moles or a family history of melanoma, routine screenings are especially critical.
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
With a mole’s identity blown in Moscow, Maggie must navigate dangerous secrets while keeping Control’s disappearance hidden.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 July 2025
The chicken was outrageously juicy, shredded into succulent hunks that sopped up a brick-red-colored mole made from roasted tomatoes, chiles and onions with ground sesame and pumpkin seeds.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
When Hoffa was elected president of the Teamsters in 1957, Kennedy began investigating him for impropriety, per The Daily Beast, allegedly using a mole within the union to gather intelligence on Hoffa.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 30 July 2025
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
With a mole’s identity blown in Moscow, Maggie must navigate dangerous secrets while keeping Control’s disappearance hidden.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 July 2025
The chicken was outrageously juicy, shredded into succulent hunks that sopped up a brick-red-colored mole made from roasted tomatoes, chiles and onions with ground sesame and pumpkin seeds.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
When Hoffa was elected president of the Teamsters in 1957, Kennedy began investigating him for impropriety, per The Daily Beast, allegedly using a mole within the union to gather intelligence on Hoffa.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mole
Noun
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This is in contrast to the National Reconnaissance Office, which owns the US government's fleet of spy satellites.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
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But when a series of asteroids hits every major city in the world, including D.C., Will is forced to use his super-secret spy tech to both get his son and daughter to safety and figure out what a league of attacking alien tripods want with the human race — all in the same keystrokes.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Butterfly follows David, a former special operative, who finds out that his estranged daughter, Rebecca, is working for the same dark spy agency, Caddis, that he was forced to flee.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Of the approximately 200 media operatives killed in Gaza in 22 months of war, around 50 have been deliberately targeted, while many others were killed in strikes impacting civilians in the strip, rather than while reporting, Thibaut Bruttin, RSF's director general, told Newsweek.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Producer Berman got a call from Washington’s longtime WME agent, Andrew Finkelstein.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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Florida Keys deputies arrested a Miami man on DUI and child neglect charges Wednesday who identified himself as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, according to the sheriff’s office.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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