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counterspy

noun

Definition of counterspy

as in sleeper

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Recent Examples of counterspy Shadow Alliance Former National Security Agency counterspy John Schindler wrote on his Top Secret Umbra blog in January 2024 that Epstein appeared to have been part of a shadowy Israeli influence operation characterized as MEGA. — Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025 During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019 Then there is the veteran Israeli espionage journalist Ronen Bergman, who has taken a slightly different angle into the shadow world of spies, counterspies and assassinations. — Jeff Stein, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2018 Spies fall in love with counterspies, Israelis with Palestinians, Prisoner Z with his guard. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017

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Noun

DreamCloud, our pick for stomach sleepers and hybrid mattresses, is offering up to 60% off mattresses and 66% off bundles for its early Labor Day sale.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
The hope is for this to be a sleeper in Spider-Man‘s swath at the box office.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of sleeper

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The cast includes Nicolas Cage as Dusko Popov, a real-life double agent who is said to have inspired Ian Fleming’s James Bond character, as well as Matthew Goode, Ben Kingsley, Ron Perlman and Michael Sheen.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 July 2026
Garner played double agent Sydney Bristow in Alias from 2001 to 2006.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of double agent

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In interviews with federal agents and later with CNN, his family dismissed the notion that Beloozerov may have been a spy.

— Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Margaretha Zelle MacLeod’s stage name came to signify the epitome of the seductive female spy after she was executed by the French in 1917.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of spy

Noun

According to Maria Palladini, former special agent for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Molt had a habit of taking couriers and dealers under his wing only to betray them.

— Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
In 2018, a young man named Hu Anyan found work in Beijing as a courier, after stints as a convenience-store clerk, a bicycle salesman, and a security guard.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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