secret agent
Example Sentences
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Unlike James Bond, however, Deighton's secret agents were ordinary working-class people, often frustrated by the incompetence of their own side.
From BBC
Over the next few decades, the secret agent opted for the security of running atop moving trains and hanging off the side of helicopters.
“It could be anything. Payment for some secret agent, or who knows? We at least have to tell the police.”
From Literature
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Some were also destroyed by Israeli secret agents on the ground, people familiar with the operation said.
“Otherwise a bunch of secret agents would have scooped you up a while ago. He’s making sure nobody else finds out about you.”
From Literature
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