counterspies

noun

plural of counterspy
as in sleepers

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  1. sleepers
  2. spies
  3. informers
  4. couriers
Noun
  • Side and back sleepers will be thrilled to add this set of queen pillows to their bed setup, while this 69%-off cervical neck pillow accommodates stomach sleepers.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026
  • The cooling technology helps regulate temperature throughout the night, which is especially good news for hot sleepers.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
Definition of sleepers
Noun
  • On Stranger Things, Harbour played police chief Jim Hopper, the surrogate father to Brown's telekinetic teen Eleven, and the new drama from A24 and Netflix finds them as estranged father-daughter spies.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
  • The District of Columbia's most affluent suburb is McLean, home to diplomats and spies.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Definition of spies
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of informers
Noun
  • According to Liu, the logistics provider had signed contracts with about 120 schools in China to retrain its army of couriers for new work such as repairing and maintaining robots.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
  • Darnell and Sanchez also targeted other Empyreal Logistics couriers in Denver and in Northern Colorado.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Definition of couriers
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