secret agent
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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
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
That exchange took on new relevance after Rocha was arrested in December and charged with serving as a secret agent of Cuba since the 1970s.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
During the meetings with the undercover FBI agent, Rocha began to divulge details about his time working as a secret agent for the Cuban government, the charging document alleged.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023
He may, like Christopher Marlowe, have been a secret agent for the Crown.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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