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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
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram Nick Harris is the Dallas Cowboys beat reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Linda Girardi is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.
    Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The movie stars Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx as Emily and Matt, a pair of former CIA spies who traded their lives as operatives to start a family.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Until this week, the talks loomed as the major unfulfilled mission, or even failure, of his time leading the spy agency.
    Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Maggie has also worked as the show’s social media correspondent since 2021.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Throughout his time as CNN's chief White House correspondent, Acosta became Trump's biggest on-air critic, often making headlines for getting into confrontations with the president.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • During Trump’s first term, immigration agents arrested people receiving emergency care in hospitals and a child during an ambulance transfer.
    Vanessa G Sánchez and Daniel Chang, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Republican lawmakers in Connecticut are pushing to roll back a state law that limits when law enforcement and correctional officers can cooperate with federal immigration agents.
    Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In Reality Check stories, Star-Telegram journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Conspiracy Theories Surrounding The JFK Files Kennedy's assassination and the government's conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing him are the subject of enduring fascination among journalists, politicians and members of the public.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Many of those operatives were never really on board with the strategy of ditching governance in Gaza and turning to guerrilla combat.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • That would mark a significant comeback, 15 years after many of the C.I.A.’s operatives in China were caught, and some executed.
    Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Intelligencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencer. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.

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