spymaster

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Recent Examples of spymaster Webb has been passing on her politician husband’s secrets to a shadowy group, the Black Doves, and her spymaster (Sarah Lancashire) calls in an old friend (Ben Whishaw) to help investigate who assassinated her lover. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024 Despite the vast political and cultural gap separating Donovan from Neumann and his team, the spymaster trusted the radicals with the vital security task of providing advice about the Nazis. William E. Scheuerman, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013 When her secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Sarah Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Ben Whishaw) to keep her safe. Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024 River has been a de facto protagonist from the start, and life-threatening spy folderol has always been at least a little personal, as his retired spymaster grandfather has featured prominently in the show from the beginning. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spymaster 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spymaster
Noun
  • And when Glenn Close shows up as Emily’s British mother, a former superspy herself, the film calms down for a bit — and perks up.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The actor plays 007, of course, fighting against Javier Bardem’s Raoul Silva this time around in a story that touches on the very legacy of the big screen superspy.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.
    Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Until this week, the talks loomed as the major unfulfilled mission, or even failure, of his time leading the spy agency.
    Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The movie stars Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx as Emily and Matt, a pair of former CIA spies who traded their lives as operatives to start a family.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Spymaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spymaster. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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