secret agent
noun
: a person who tries to get secret information about another country, government, etc.
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The sequel brings back Steve Carell as Gru, a recovering supervillain turned secret agent, and pits him against Will Ferrell as a French baddie named Maxime Le Mal.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 4 July 2024
Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001) The Famous Jett Jackson TV series stands as one of the more memorable Disney Channel properties with the titular Jackson (Lee Thompson Young) playing a secret agent on a show within the show.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 July 2024
Towne also starred under the pseudonym Edward Wain in that film and played a secret agent in another Corman flick, Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The first nod to the bar’s Hollywood secret agent roots is its entryway tucked into an alley off East Wells Street behind a red door.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
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Brent Lang, Variety, 4 July 2024
Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001) The Famous Jett Jackson TV series stands as one of the more memorable Disney Channel properties with the titular Jackson (Lee Thompson Young) playing a secret agent on a show within the show.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 1 July 2024
Towne also starred under the pseudonym Edward Wain in that film and played a secret agent in another Corman flick, Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The first nod to the bar’s Hollywood secret agent roots is its entryway tucked into an alley off East Wells Street behind a red door.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
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“Secret agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secret%20agent. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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