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double agent

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as in sleeper

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Recent Examples on the Web Its participants were the rocket scientist and double agent Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman) battling his chaperone behind the Iron Curtain, East German security officer Hermann Gromek (Wolfgang Kieling), with the farmer’s wife (Carolyn Conwell) offering Armstrong an assist. —

Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 That included acting as double agents within the Russian military. —

Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, theweek, 3 Sep. 2024 The mission relied on false information passed by double agents, fake wireless traffic and dummy units. —

Robert Hutton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024 In that exchange, Washington freed 10 Russians living in the U.S. as sleepers, while Moscow deported four Russians, including Sergei Skripal, a double agent working with British intelligence. —

Eric Tucker, arkansasonline.com, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for double agent

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