secret agent

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Over the next few decades, the secret agent opted for the security of running atop moving trains and hanging off the side of helicopters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Then in 1990 he got attention for his turn as the hard-nosed secret agent handling Anne Parillaud's female assassin Nikita, in Besson's hit film of the same name.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

Geoffrey recalls the phone call his father received when he found out he had been chosen to take over the role of Britain's most famous secret agent.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024

Rocha was arrested in December on charges he worked as a secret agent of Cuba stretching back to the 1970s.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

All my years of imagining the life of a secret agent for myself finally paid off.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah