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Recent Examples of counterspy
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.
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Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
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
Then there is the veteran Israeli espionage journalist Ronen Bergman, who has taken a slightly different angle into the shadow world of spies, counterspies and assassinations.
—Jeff Stein, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2018
Spies fall in love with counterspies, Israelis with Palestinians, Prisoner Z with his guard.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
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
Then there is the veteran Israeli espionage journalist Ronen Bergman, who has taken a slightly different angle into the shadow world of spies, counterspies and assassinations.
—Jeff Stein, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2018
Spies fall in love with counterspies, Israelis with Palestinians, Prisoner Z with his guard.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterspy
Noun
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Just make sure the encasement is flexible enough to stretch as your body sinks into the bed, which is especially important for side sleepers.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2025
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Beckham Hotel Collection Queen Bed Pillows, $36 with coupon $80 $36 at Amazon Designed to support all types of sleepers — stomach, back, and side — the pillows have plush down alternative filling and are encased in cotton covers that are breathable.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Season 1 had plenty of satisfying, if predictable turns: the people living in a bubble, the double agent, the rebellion of Episodes 6 and 7, and the sinister nature of Sinatra/Samantha (Julianne Nicholson).—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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Nicholson’s Sinatra, meanwhile, was left incapacitated in a hospital bed after being shot by Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom), the double agent who also murdered Billy (Jon Beavers).—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Elon Musk visited the CIA headquarters on Monday for talks on government efficiency, the spy agency director of public affairs Liz Lyons told Axios.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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Chilean writer-director Felipe Gálvez, whose debut feature The Settlers premiered in Cannes in 2023, has set his second feature film as Impunity, a spy thriller set in the late 1990s around the arrest of dictator Augusto Pinochet.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Ukrainian soldiers began to see Russian civilians as a hindrance — or worse, as potential informers who could give away their positions.—
Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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The weed was either stuffed into suitcases and carried on commercial airline flights by couriers who worked for the group, or sent via shipping companies, the plea agreement filed Tuesday says.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The company is the world’s largest manufacturer of cryogenic storage systems, and provides specialty courier, biostorage and sample processing services.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Counterspy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterspy. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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