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Meanings of former spy in English

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Usage of former spy in English
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Nevertheless, the former spy's career included close-up experience of a catastrophic operation.
The Guardian
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The former spy was then immediately convicted and jailed for slander.
Radio NZ
3
Diendere is the former spy chief and right-hand man of Compaore.
Reuters
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General Gilbert Diendere, a former spy chief, was named junta head the next day.
Reuters
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Fusion GPS hired the former spy, Christopher Steele, to investigate Trump's business dealings with Russia.
Reuters
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He has repeatedly denied that he has done any favors for his former spy colleagues.
Reuters
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Pakistan and the former spy chief dismissed the accusations.
Reuters
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A former spy has turned against his multinational handlers and exposed global espionage and sabotage.
The South African
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The former spy chief added: One of the things the book does is talk about humankind.
BBC
10
Appearances, however, are everything for the former spy.
News.com.au
11
Poisoned Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko has been buried in London following a private Muslim ceremony today.
The Irish Times
12
The Freedom of the Press Foundation has Glenn Greenwald and whistleblowing former spy Edward Snowden as directors.
Radio NZ
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Russia stands accused of using a radioactive substance to murder a former spy in Britain in 2006.
News.com.au
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Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious in Salisbury on 4 March.
Radio NZ
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So somebody here at SIS put out a contract on a former spy using a seventy-eight-year-old man.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
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She may seek support against Russia over the nerve agent attack on a Russian former spy in Britain.
Reuters
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Former spy across language varieties
New Zealand
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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