secret agent

as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country a secret agent posing as a government employee

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Recent Examples of secret agent There are several stories this time out that barely even feature Phineas and Ferb, including one that follows up on the idea that Candace’s best friend Stacy (Kelly Hu) knows that Perry is really a secret agent(*). Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 The siblings are accompanied by their pet platypus Perry (Dee Bradley Baker), who turns out to be a secret agent battling the evil Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire). Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 June 2025 That’s the point of him; as the Mission: Impossible franchise’s secret agent extraordinaire, Hunt can pretend to be anyone, accomplish basically any physical task, and uncover conspiracies with aplomb. David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025 That’s right, Sean Connery, the original British secret agent in the enduring film franchise, and his wife, Micheline Roquebrune, called this seaside sanctuary home during the 1970s and ’80s. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for secret agent
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spy
Noun
  • The international community continues to watch closely as tensions simmer and Iran's spy crisis deepens.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Oh no, the uncles are mini-golfing in Biloxi and spy Mina with Demetrius.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 June 2025

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“Secret agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secret%20agent. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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