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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Black Ops 6 picks up in the early Nineties and follows Cold War character Russell Adler on the run after being framed as a mole in the CIA.
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Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Her specialties include acne, moles, skin cancer, and eczema.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 7 Oct. 2024
Another standout featured on both menus is the taco mole verde filled with tender pork carnitas that melt in your mouth.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
But unlike Medrano, Solis agreed to become a government mole to avoid prison time, wearing a wire to assist corruption investigations into a pair of powerful Chicago Democrats: former Ald.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
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Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
Her specialties include acne, moles, skin cancer, and eczema.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 7 Oct. 2024
Another standout featured on both menus is the taco mole verde filled with tender pork carnitas that melt in your mouth.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
But unlike Medrano, Solis agreed to become a government mole to avoid prison time, wearing a wire to assist corruption investigations into a pair of powerful Chicago Democrats: former Ald.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mole
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Iranian officials told Newsweek that their intelligence services would be more likely to recruit non-Muslim individuals without links to Iran as Israeli officials accuse the Islamic Republic of cultivating spy rings in anticipation of future attacks.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The series will be produced by Charman’s own production company Binocular Productions, which was the company behind Netflix spy series Treason.Peter White, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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Others are blaming the operatives who have run the party’s last several campaigns.Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Western intelligence agencies believe that Russian operatives orchestrated the scheme to plant incendiary devices in parcels bound for North America, according to officials.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Owens is alleged to have accepted $125,000 in cash from one of the agents on the yacht, according to the indictment.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Diplomat’s shorter second season is still consumed by the mystery of who’s behind the attacks that kicked off season one (the naval explosion that killed dozens of British sailors) and provided its cliffhanger (a car bomb resulting in the deaths of an American agent and a British MP).Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Mole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mole. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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