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
To sustain a positive energy balance, the mole must process enormous numbers of items per foraging session.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Six moles are served throughout the night, including for dessert.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
There are a few possibilities for non-gopher holes, including the Norway rat, voles, moles, rabbits, ground squirrels and snakes, which don’t dig their own underground burrows but take over old tunnels and improve upon them.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
The show devotes a lot of screen time to the fallout from a particular revelation and the subsequent efforts to smoke out the mole.
—Kate Lavelle, Glamour, 18 May 2026
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Six moles are served throughout the night, including for dessert.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
There are a few possibilities for non-gopher holes, including the Norway rat, voles, moles, rabbits, ground squirrels and snakes, which don’t dig their own underground burrows but take over old tunnels and improve upon them.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
The show devotes a lot of screen time to the fallout from a particular revelation and the subsequent efforts to smoke out the mole.
—Kate Lavelle, Glamour, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mole
Noun
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Epstein had done some of his own detective work by purchasing a spy camera to catch the culprit, who turned out to be a former butler.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that China was using LinkedIn and other social media platforms to recruit spies.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Applewhaite is among the Democratic operatives publicly criticizing the Biden's public reemergence in recent days — especially Jill Biden's book tour.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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The anti-establishment narrative from Lahn, who resides on his longtime family farm and owns an investment company, has been targeted by Democrats for his years of work as a GOP political operative.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
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The real payoff is in watching Jackie, along with the actress playing her, slowly molt out of brand protection mode, and the always likable Goldstein is content to accept his role as a mere agent of that change.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
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Epstein told them to wait, walked over to the agents himself, and returned ten minutes later.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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