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Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer Another Pulitzer winner, this espionage thriller and political satire explores identity, loyalty, and the legacy of war through the confessions of a double agent.
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Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adapted from the eponymous Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the series from A24 and Rhombus Media follows a North Vietnamese double agent (played by Hoa Xuande) who continues passing along information after moving to Southern California before the fall of Saigon.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
After the trade, Barry and Aldon realize Tina is a double agent.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 17 June 2025
Brielle plays Tina, an NSA analyst revealed in season 1 to be a double agent.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adapted from the eponymous Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the series from A24 and Rhombus Media follows a North Vietnamese double agent (played by Hoa Xuande) who continues passing along information after moving to Southern California before the fall of Saigon.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
After the trade, Barry and Aldon realize Tina is a double agent.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 17 June 2025
Brielle plays Tina, an NSA analyst revealed in season 1 to be a double agent.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double agent
Noun
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Finding bedding that works for both hot and cold sleepers seems impossible.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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As a side-sleeper, McLaughlin is especially a fan of the pillow’s flexibility.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon.—
Max Colchester,
WSJ,
3 Jan. 2019
Noun
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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
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During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Sep. 2019
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“Double agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20agent. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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