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Comments With LaRoche’s cover as a double agent for the DOJ blown, NCIS is now tasked with bringing down Nexus.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 May 2025
Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a double agent, then to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major to defect, using his childhood friend's wife as bait.
—Paul Vidich, People.com, 2 May 2025
There’s the Red Queen going double agent for our heroes, and there’s finally an answer to the T-Virus.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
And that was before Lizzie’s husband was murdered by a double agent.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 May 2025
Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a double agent, then to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major to defect, using his childhood friend's wife as bait.
—Paul Vidich, People.com, 2 May 2025
There’s the Red Queen going double agent for our heroes, and there’s finally an answer to the T-Virus.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
And that was before Lizzie’s husband was murdered by a double agent.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for double agent
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Last but not least, the hypoallergenic, breathable cotton cover is the finishing touch to help sleepers rest cooler and avoid the sniffles.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2025
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That figure is just under A24’s fall sleeper Heretic, which made $1.2M in previews starting at 7 p.m. before turning into a $4.3M Friday and $10.8M opening.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 May 2025
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Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon.—
Max Colchester,
WSJ,
3 Jan. 2019
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During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Sep. 2019
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This wasn’t difficult to do, and the U.S. reacted with defensive measures, deploying FBI counterspies throughout the hemisphere.—
Nicholas Reynolds,
WSJ,
24 Oct. 2018
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“Double agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20agent. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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