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Robert Redford's Roles His roles ranged from Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward to a mountain man in Jeremiah Johnson to a double agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and his co-stars included Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Whether a genuine Catholic sympathizer or, from the outset, a double agent, he was tortured and returned to England.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Whether a genuine Catholic sympathizer or, from the outset, a double agent, he was tortured and returned to England.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double agent
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Five sleepers to watch Mason Reiger, OLB, Wisconsin The 6-foot-5 Reiger quietly profiled as one of the better edge rushers in the Big Ten in 2025, finishing fourth in the conference with 32 quarterback hurries and tied for fifth with 45 pressures (according to Pro Football Focus).—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
23 Feb. 2026
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From $24 satin long-sleeve sets from Amazon to rare discounts on buttery-soft styles from Eberjay to under-$100 breathable bamboo sets for hot sleepers, there are comfortable options for every kind of sleeper.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2026
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Once an unconscious stool pigeon, always an unconscious stool pigeon.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
12 Nov. 2025
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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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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 26 Feb. 2026.
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