spy
noun
a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
has spied
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present perfectof spy (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Humanity has spied more than 5,500 worlds orbiting other stars, and some are truly exotic.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
While Hubble has spied galaxies as far away as 300 million to 400 million years of the universe-forming Big Bang, their individual stars are impossible to pick out.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
Meanwhile, from afar, Perseverance has spied fine layering in Séítah’s ridges, including a prominent 40-meter-tall plateau dubbed Kodiak that is, in all likelihood, a remnant of the delta’s further reach into the lakebed.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2021
Central Intelligence Agency said he is aware of hard evidence that Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has spied for the Chinese government, the Australian Financial Review newspaper reported on Friday.
From Reuters ● Jul. 19, 2013
The Laird o' Drum is a-hunting gane, All in a morning early, And he has spied a weel-faur'd May, A-shearing at her barley.
From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates
