Examples of double agent in a Sentence
He was secretly working as a double agent for the Americans during the war.
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Will there be more paranoia about double agent demigods?
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Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
Garner famously starred on Alias as Sydney Bristow – a highly skilled CIA double agent constantly juggling dangerous covert missions with the need to keep her true identity hidden from friends and family.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
Filmmakers and audiences remain fascinated with glamorous, globe-trotting double agents and their efforts to steal, retrieve or secure information, people or weapons deemed vital to a country’s national security.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 15 Jan. 2026
Later that decade, alarm bells started going off within the CIA and FBI over the arrest and execution of numerous double agents feeding secrets to the United States.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
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Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
Garner famously starred on Alias as Sydney Bristow – a highly skilled CIA double agent constantly juggling dangerous covert missions with the need to keep her true identity hidden from friends and family.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
Filmmakers and audiences remain fascinated with glamorous, globe-trotting double agents and their efforts to steal, retrieve or secure information, people or weapons deemed vital to a country’s national security.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 15 Jan. 2026
Later that decade, alarm bells started going off within the CIA and FBI over the arrest and execution of numerous double agents feeding secrets to the United States.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Double agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20agent. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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