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double agent

NOUN
spy for two nations
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In 2018, the UK said Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in the British cathedral city of Salisbury.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

Think of Mike Buckley as a kind of double agent.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2026

His KGB contact, who believes him to be a double agent, raises the stakes by asking him for information on Faith—though she has encouraged Gabriel to accept Soviet payments to dupe the Russians.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

Sozen, 39, played a double agent fighting Islamist militants in the hit show The Bureau.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2025

In the end, Gordievsky made the lonely and wrenching decision of the double agent: to save his own life.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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