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
Livestock agent/mole Clyde (Brian Konowal) is also at the station, eager to meet the hunter for entirely different reasons.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
El Comal will offer Mexican food such as cochinita pibil tacos and green mole nachos.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Indulge in mole chicken, papadzules and more at Cantina Los Mayas, San Francisco's first 100% Mexican wine bar.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
Upon hearing his henchmen — including Livestock Association mole Clyde (Brian Konowal) — hype up Spencer as a war hero and great hunter, Banner calls for him to be executed alongside the rest of the Dutton clan.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
El Comal will offer Mexican food such as cochinita pibil tacos and green mole nachos.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Indulge in mole chicken, papadzules and more at Cantina Los Mayas, San Francisco's first 100% Mexican wine bar.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
Upon hearing his henchmen — including Livestock Association mole Clyde (Brian Konowal) — hype up Spencer as a war hero and great hunter, Banner calls for him to be executed alongside the rest of the Dutton clan.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mole
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The astrophysicist, who keeps close tabs on orbital traffic, said that on the day of the interview (April 4), at least three objects had returned from space — two of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites and a 43-year-old Russian spy satellite called Kosmos 1340.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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What to know about the complex, long-simmering civil war Dearlove served as Britain's top spy between 1999 and 2004, when Tony Blair was prime minister.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Back in 2015 Atwell had her own show, Agent Carter, back in the Agents of SHIELD era, chronicling her time as a government operative for two seasons.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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During the Cold War, a similar ban was imposed in 1987 after a U.S. Marine in Moscow was compromised by a Soviet operative.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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The defense pointed to several potential suspects at the home at the time, including Albert, his nephew and their friend, an agent for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives who had been exchanging flirty text messages with Read.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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Oh yes, and there was one other common denominator with all these contract extensions: None of the agents involved was named Scott Boras.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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