secret agent
Example Sentences
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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
As John Black, across more than 4,200 episodes, Hogestyn was a spy, mercenary, police officer, private investigator and secret agent.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024
That exchange took on new relevance after Rocha was arrested in December and charged with serving as a secret agent of Cuba since the 1970s.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Lydia Darragh’s career as a secret agent is not easy to track.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
