mole

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 on the Web Created by Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Quirk, The Night Agent follows Agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) as he is thrown into a vast conspiracy about a mole at the highest levels of the United States government. Marc Berman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 The hits and misses of August Chicken mole verde at Nixtamali Molino + Comedor: Chef Arturo Fernandez is doing the best work of his San Antonio career at this promising new Mexican restaurant in Southtown. Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024 The notion of assembling a mole can be daunting to the uninitiated, so the book divides the moles by texture: recipe for thins come first, followed by thicks. Scott Hocker, theweek, 3 Sep. 2024 Send too tall turf into winter, and voles, moles, and other rodents may take up residence in the thick, inviting grassy coverage. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mole 

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“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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