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Recent Examples of double agent
As the film opens, George is given a list of five key suspects all with similar security clearance who might be acting as a double agent.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
Nicholson’s Sinatra, meanwhile, was left incapacitated in a hospital bed after being shot by Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom), the double agent who also murdered Billy (Jon Beavers).
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
Richardson will only give the go order if Martian agrees to serve as a double agent.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
In the nail-biting season 2 finale of The Night Agent, Gabriel Basso's rookie operative is tasked with going even further undercover to work as a double agent.
—Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
Nicholson’s Sinatra, meanwhile, was left incapacitated in a hospital bed after being shot by Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom), the double agent who also murdered Billy (Jon Beavers).
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
Richardson will only give the go order if Martian agrees to serve as a double agent.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
In the nail-biting season 2 finale of The Night Agent, Gabriel Basso's rookie operative is tasked with going even further undercover to work as a double agent.
—Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double agent
Noun
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These beds are ideal for sleepers who can’t seem to get comfortable with a traditional innerspring mattress or bouncy foam bed.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2025
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Once a sleeper hit on shelves, Weller 107 is now a unicorn bottle.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 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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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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This wasn’t difficult to do, and the U.S. reacted with defensive measures, deploying FBI counterspies throughout the hemisphere.—
Nicholas Reynolds,
WSJ,
24 Oct. 2018
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“Double agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20agent. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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