How to Use special agent in a Sentence

special agent

noun
  • When all measures fail and one hostage is killed, he is forced to team up with a special agent to rescue the survivors.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
  • That person, according to the report, joined the DEA in 2019 and is currently employed as a special agent.
    Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Officers blocked off a small area after the FBI said a special agent had shot another dog.
    CBS News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • He was assigned to Baltimore in 1952 as a marine special agent.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
  • Lee began his career in 1995 as a special agent in Detroit, Michigan.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Joined -- joined now by former Secret Service special agent Paul Eckloff, who serves on the protective detail for three presidents.
    ABC News, 14 July 2024
  • The assistance includes processing crime scenes and helping people affected by the shooting, the special agent in charge of the bureau's Boston field office said in a statement.
    Brian Dakss, Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The memo about the accident from the special agent in charge cites agency guidelines for granting exceptions to the defensive driving training requirement on a case-by-case basis.
    Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The special agent as well as airport police officers interviewed the flight crew, the flight attendant, witnesses and Hetsler.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • As arrests for card draining began piling up around the country, Parks and special agent Dariush Vollenweider saw the need for a national response.
    Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Three witnesses testified on Monday, including two school employees and an ATF special agent who spoke about the family’s firearms.
    Nicki Brown, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
  • In a rare move, the Department of Justice agreed to rehire him as a special agent, provide some back pay, cover his legal expenses and restore his eligibility for a pension.
    Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The agency had requested 40 more special agent/forensic scientist positions and 10 more technicians in the budget that is now in effect, but Lee and lawmakers initially funded half that amount.
    Jonathan Mattise, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Russell's former husband and the lead investigator, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, spoke at the hearing.
    Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2024
  • While China routinely targets American pilots, the special agent said, veterans who’ve held a variety of other roles also are in demand.
    Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Prosecutors later called the final government witness, Howard Shock, a special agent for the attorney general's office.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Protective security was not my principal duty as a State Department special agent.
    Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
  • Typically, the team comprises two FBI special agent pilots, at least one additional auxiliary crew member, and several agents providing security for the prisoner.
    Steve Almasy, CNN, 9 June 2023
  • At the conclusion of the criminal investigation, the special agent recommended criminal prosecution.
    Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024

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