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Recent Examples of spymaster
In the fall of 2022, U.S. and Russian spymasters met in Turkey amid U.S. concerns that Russia could resort to nuclear weapons amid battlefield setbacks.
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Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Russia is likely to include Yuri Ushakov, his chief Kremlin foreign policy advisor, and spymaster Sergei Naryshkin, as well as financier Kirill Dmitriev, who may play a role as an unofficial back-channel with Trump's negotiators, Bloomberg reported.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
And in the fall of 2022, U.S. and Russian spymasters met in Turkey to address concerns that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in the war.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
Relying on his newfound fame, the spymaster published Yardleygrams, a collection of cryptologic puzzles designed to teach readers how to become amateur cryptologists.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Russia is likely to include Yuri Ushakov, his chief Kremlin foreign policy advisor, and spymaster Sergei Naryshkin, as well as financier Kirill Dmitriev, who may play a role as an unofficial back-channel with Trump's negotiators, Bloomberg reported.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
And in the fall of 2022, U.S. and Russian spymasters met in Turkey to address concerns that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in the war.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
Relying on his newfound fame, the spymaster published Yardleygrams, a collection of cryptologic puzzles designed to teach readers how to become amateur cryptologists.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spymaster
Noun
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The goal is to find a new home for the franchise and make the superspy a more regular presence onscreen.—
Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
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Connery’s second outing as the superspy is more grounded than both its predecessor and the sequels to come, teaming Bond up with a female Russian agent (Italian actress Daniela Bianchi, overdubbed by Barbara Jefford) to outwit the evil SPECTRE in Turkey.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Ukrainian soldiers began to see Russian civilians as a hindrance — or worse, as potential informers who could give away their positions.—
Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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
Noun
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Cassian is now a secret spy for the budding Rebel Alliance.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The payloads included a South Korean military radar spy satellite, a small commercial weather satellite, and the most interesting payload: an experimental reentry vehicle from a German startup named Atmos Space Cargo.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Spymaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spymaster. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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