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.
have spied
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present perfectof spy.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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Their makers have spied an opportunity, partly because real chocolate prices are soaring.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
He also claimed that authorities have spied on him through cutting-edge technology.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
Scientists have spied a magnetized galaxy that existed 11 billion years ago—the earliest such body detected to date.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2023
Researchers have spied this sort of structure before—in WR 104 and Apep, both of which are multiple star systems with a Wolf-Rayet component.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2022
Washington left to our imagination exactly how Boudinot must have spied on prisoners.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
