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double agent

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as in sleeper

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Recent Examples on the Web Sergei and Yulia Skripal, a former Russian double agent and his daughter who survived being poisoned with nerve agent in 2018, will not testify at an inquiry into the related death of a British woman to protect them from another attack, a U.K. judge ruled last week. —

Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for double agent