secret agent

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Channeling the fictional 1980s secret agent MacGyver, he unwound the paper clip and stuck it in his TV’s coaxial port to get a signal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

Then in 1990 he got attention for his turn as the hard-nosed secret agent handling Anne Parillaud's female assassin Nikita, in Besson's hit film of the same name.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

A screenwriter hasn’t yet been named and no announcement has been made as to who will take over playing the famed British secret agent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025

During the meetings with the undercover FBI agent, Rocha began to divulge details about his time working as a secret agent for the Cuban government, the charging document alleged.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023

I was sure my name was somewhere in it, especially since I was shuffling around in an all-black suit, looking like some kind of secret agent with bad feet.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds