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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
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Share [Findings] Juvenile Japanese eels can escape from the stomachs of dark sleepers by pushing their tails back through the fish’s esophagus and out its gills.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Back sleepers may benefit from positioning a pillow beneath their knees to relieve lumbar tension.Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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What’s more, Baker has intel from Conover (a.k.a. Wallace), who wants to tell the truth now that he’s been outed as a double agent.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
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In Tulsa, the potential double agents in Dwight’s crew are dealing with the ramifications of their decision.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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The 10 best books of December include a spy novel, essays by physicist Alan Lightman, and a group biography of four women scientists in Nazi Germany.Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Jan. 2025
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Essay Spook Stories: All Writers are Spies Jason McBride Ian McEwan’s Sweet Tooth takes the spy novel to metafictional new heights.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Given the increasingly absurd pretexts the state is using for criminal prosecution and the resounding success of informers of all stripes, the judicial crackdown will continue to worsen.Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
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Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
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Personnel were emptying out tabulator bins for Ward 65 and found a sealed courier bag with 68 unprocessed ballots — 67 of them from Ward 65 and one from Ward 68.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Chen conned the victim into paying couriers money to fix the computer, the FBI alleges.Cameron Macdonald, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Counterspy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterspy. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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