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Every secret agent has a code name.
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The title of his third album, REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE, suggests an MCU movie in which our hero attempts to take on every problem plaguing the planet—and this time, Owusu isn’t giving his adversaries code names.
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Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 19 May 2026
Nothing can be written down, and no one can know everything, so much of the dialogue is a bewildering avalanche of codewords and code names.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 May 2026
Rawhide was Reagan's Secret Service code name.
—Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Several months ago, a report claimed that the film was shedding its IP identity by retitling itself to The Resurrected, however that title was nothing more than one of several code names used during production.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
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Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 19 May 2026
Nothing can be written down, and no one can know everything, so much of the dialogue is a bewildering avalanche of codewords and code names.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 May 2026
Rawhide was Reagan's Secret Service code name.
—Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Several months ago, a report claimed that the film was shedding its IP identity by retitling itself to The Resurrected, however that title was nothing more than one of several code names used during production.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Code name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/code%20name. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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