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Every secret agent has a code name.
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Charlie ultimately forms an alliance with the spy he’s been corresponding with for five years under the code name Inquiline, who turns out to be…a bit too much of a pussycat.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded by a group of scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, the code name for the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
The unconfirmed lore behind the holiday is that a group of California teens in the 70s would regularly meet up to smoke at 4:20 pm and their use of the time stamp as a code name took off.
—Jeanie Pyun, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
What to Know Crossfire Hurricane was the code name for the FBI's investigation into whether the Trump campaign worked with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded by a group of scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, the code name for the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
The unconfirmed lore behind the holiday is that a group of California teens in the 70s would regularly meet up to smoke at 4:20 pm and their use of the time stamp as a code name took off.
—Jeanie Pyun, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
What to Know Crossfire Hurricane was the code name for the FBI's investigation into whether the Trump campaign worked with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Code name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code%20name. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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