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

“Data loves James Bond,” says Quan, alluding to Moore’s tenure as the iconic secret agent from 1973 to 1985.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023

The woman who owned the shop, a longtime secret agent of the Viet Cong, had helped them hide the weapons.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin