code name
Example Sentences
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They referred to the possibility of their characters getting a call from Sweden by a code name: ABBA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Goren allegedly worked alongside Ozgur Altun, known by the code name "Abu Yasir Al Turki".
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
The code name for the massive operation to catch Miller, in the summer and fall of 1984, was “Whipworm,” a reference to an intestinal parasite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
Operation Interflex is the code name given to the UK Armed Forces' training programme, which has been created to develop and prepare Ukrainian recruits to fight their country's Russian invaders.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
Penkovsky, the most productive spy ever to work for the Americans, was living up to his code name.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
