spymaster

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Recent Examples of spymaster When a murder throws the stability of the realm of Albion into doubt, royal spymaster Hugh Thornton turns to Viola, whose magic may be the land's only hope — though their partnership gets off to a rocky start. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026 The series was first reported to be on the marketplace back in March with Matthew Macfadyen attached to play legendary spymaster George Smiley, with The Ink Factory producing and Fifth Season distributing. Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Dec. 2025 Legendary spymaster Al Pacino finds brilliant tech-head Colin Farrell and recruits him into the CIA, hinting strongly that the young man’s late father was also working for the organization. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025 Published earlier this year, the book dives into the work of Sidney Gottlieb, an infamous chemist and spymaster at the CIA known as The Black Sorcerer. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spymaster
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Noun
  • The actress reportedly requested her character be killed off, but the role was instead recast with Caroline Bliss, who only lasted as long as Dalton’s two-film run as the superspy.
    Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Jan. 2026
  • One of the biggest moments in the action adventure is a dizzying sequence involving Cruise's superspy Ethan Hunt and a harrowing biplane chase, and USA TODAY is exclusively premiering a nifty aerial scene deleted from the film.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The whole family is deeply involved in the revolutionary movement: the oldest son disappears into Siberia, never to be seen or heard of again, while the youngest, eighteen, is jailed together with his father, and executed after his cell is exposed by an informer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Beazley continued reviewing footage, and noticed that the infiltrator’s reflective vest bore the insignia of the security firm that had installed the cameras.
    James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Last Saturday, an Islamic State infiltrator ambushed a meeting between American soldiers and their local counterparts in a Syrian desert town.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The studio, which recently took over creative control of the spy franchise, has hired Denis Villeneuve to direct the next installment.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Our spies tell us that the 2028 Lamborghini Temerario Spyder will debut some time in 2027.
    Byron Hurd, The Drive, 16 Apr. 2026

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“Spymaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spymaster. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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