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undercovers

noun

plural of undercover

as in spies

a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country within the city was a well-organized fifth column, and these undercovers would make themselves known as soon as the invading forces breached the city limits

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That war ended in a humiliating defeat by an enemy regarded as much weaker, and many tsarist officials blamed the outcome on Japanese spies and saboteurs.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
And Project Bond is joining quite the collection of spies—er, vessels—on the seas.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of spies

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Brown’s ability to hammer Husted on this issue is alarming Republican operatives, who see a Husted victory as crucial to holding a majority in the Senate.

— Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
Painstaking analysis of 319 tons of wreckage and thousands of pieces of evidence from a crime scene covering 845 square miles, along with thousands of interviews in 16 countries, eventually led investigators to two Libyan intelligence operatives.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026

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The proof was produced by a group of agents, using an OpenAI next-generation model significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Vela Gonzalez was dragged down the concrete steps and pushed to the ground by two agents, before a third agent emerged to handcuff him, according to video footage reviewed by The Times.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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