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Recent Examples of counterspy
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.
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Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
This wasn’t difficult to do, and the U.S. reacted with defensive measures, deploying FBI counterspies throughout the hemisphere.
—Nicholas Reynolds, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2018
Then there is the veteran Israeli espionage journalist Ronen Bergman, who has taken a slightly different angle into the shadow world of spies, counterspies and assassinations.
—Jeff Stein, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2018
Spies fall in love with counterspies, Israelis with Palestinians, Prisoner Z with his guard.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
This wasn’t difficult to do, and the U.S. reacted with defensive measures, deploying FBI counterspies throughout the hemisphere.
—Nicholas Reynolds, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2018
Then there is the veteran Israeli espionage journalist Ronen Bergman, who has taken a slightly different angle into the shadow world of spies, counterspies and assassinations.
—Jeff Stein, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2018
Spies fall in love with counterspies, Israelis with Palestinians, Prisoner Z with his guard.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterspy
Noun
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Side sleeper: The stats vary, but most people are side sleepers.—
Molly Higgins,
WIRED,
17 Mar. 2025
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One side sleeper loved how the memory foam adapted to her neck and head on one side but cushioned her forearm and hand on the opposite side.—
Health Editorial Team,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As the film opens, George is given a list of five key suspects all with similar security clearance who might be acting as a double agent.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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The group is thought to be responsible for the 2018 poisonings of a former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in 2018.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
25 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Matt Damon originated the role of the spy who suffers from psychogenic amnesia and is forced to unlock his connection to the CIA.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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The incident comes one day after the Trump administration released new and newly unredacted spy agency files about 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Ukrainian soldiers began to see Russian civilians as a hindrance — or worse, as potential informers who could give away their positions.—
Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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DeJoy established the 10-year Delivering for America plan in 2021, but that blueprint failed to meet the courier’s breakeven goals for 2023 and 2024.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Mar. 2025
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Inside the growing scam using couriers to pick up gold bars from victims The urgency to locate the gold comes despite the U.S. dollar no longer being linked to the value of gold.—
Emily Chang,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Counterspy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterspy. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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