secret agent

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"In the cinema, Bond’s legacy as a character has become problematic and his motivations as a modern British secret agent uncertain," he added.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Channeling the fictional 1980s secret agent MacGyver, he unwound the paper clip and stuck it in his TV’s coaxial port to get a signal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

But this year, he’s back in front of the camera in the new Prime Video series “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” starring alongside Maya Erskine as a secret agent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024

In 2018, she imposed an order restricting the comments of lawyers in the case of Maria Butina, a Russian gun activist who pleaded guilty to working in America as a secret agent for Moscow.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2023

Lydia Darragh’s career as a secret agent is not easy to track.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen