Example Sentences

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The information is stored in a database that can be queried by U.S. spooks and often goes into the President’s daily intelligence briefing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The correlation will break when an event spooks markets.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Success after success followed - and cells of plotters were also increasingly infiltrated by spooks finding secret ways to capture chats about plans.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

If books are an answer to dictatorships — and as strong as “an organization packed with spooks and paramilitaries who fought in warzones” — it would be inspiring to see more of that.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025

She sure spooks easy for somebody so tall.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes