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Yermak’s successor, Kyrylo Budanov, a lieutenant general and spymaster who now leads Ukraine’s negotiating team, has been more amenable to compromises, even on the question of territory.
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Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
As the nation’s spymaster-in-chief, Gabbard has been as bad as critics feared.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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
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
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Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
As the nation’s spymaster-in-chief, Gabbard has been as bad as critics feared.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spymaster
Noun
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The show itself, which also features a superspy platypus, maintains this sense of optimism and humor throughout.—
Christian Holub,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 June 2026
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But in an interview with British GQ published Monday, Elba himself dismissed the talk as unrealistic, saying certain audiences would never accept a Black man in the iconic role of the British superspy.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
8 June 2026
Noun
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.—
Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
19 May 2026
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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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
Noun
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Big tech and corporate spies Grady’s stewardship of state money has been questioned in the past.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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To get into 1970s Moscow spy mode as Twila, Richardson joined forces on a thrifting expedition with costume designer Anastasia Magoutas.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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“Spymaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spymaster. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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