Example Sentences

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The document said the U.S. learned this through signals intelligence, suggesting the United States had been spying on one of its most important allies in the Middle East.

From Reuters • Apr. 9, 2023

In 2021, the Pegasus Project, an investigation by a consortium of international journalists, revealed that the Indian government had been spying on more than 300 people, including journalists, activists, and politicians.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2022

But another I.R.A. veteran who knew Cruxy well, Stan Barry, was convinced that his arrest was faked — to bring in from the cold a man who had been spying for Britain all along.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2022

Or that the National Security Agency had been spying on virtually every Afghan with a cell phone.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2021

The foam was so dense that this hardly mattered, but he had a nasty feeling that Myrtle had been spying on him from out of one of the taps ever since he had arrived.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling