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Recent Examples of double agent
Instead of burning up their deal, Catherine explains that Peter will continue the relationship as an FBI double agent, just like his disgraced father.
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Season 1 had plenty of satisfying, if predictable turns: the people living in a bubble, the double agent, the rebellion of Episodes 6 and 7, and the sinister nature of Sinatra/Samantha (Julianne Nicholson).
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Nicholson’s Sinatra, meanwhile, was left incapacitated in a hospital bed after being shot by Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom), the double agent who also murdered Billy (Jon Beavers).
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
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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Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Season 1 had plenty of satisfying, if predictable turns: the people living in a bubble, the double agent, the rebellion of Episodes 6 and 7, and the sinister nature of Sinatra/Samantha (Julianne Nicholson).
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Nicholson’s Sinatra, meanwhile, was left incapacitated in a hospital bed after being shot by Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom), the double agent who also murdered Billy (Jon Beavers).
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double agent
Noun
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Luxury log cabins sleep four or eight and offer full kitchens, dining and living areas, heated floors, A/C, flat-screen TVs with DirecTV, and queen-size sleeper sofas.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Incorporate Lighting Mounting a sconce in each berth lets every sleeper control their own reading light.—
Laura Fenton,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon.—
Max Colchester,
WSJ,
3 Jan. 2019
Noun
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During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Sep. 2019
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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
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“Double agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20agent. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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