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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a foreign agent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing espionage, diplomacy, or individuals acting on behalf of a foreign government or organization.
Example: "The investigation revealed that he was acting as a foreign agent, gathering intelligence for a rival nation."
Alternatives: "an overseas operative" or "a non-native agent".
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Local newspapers called him a foreign agent.
Xinhua also insinuated that Dahlin was a foreign agent.
State television retaliated by spreading rumors that he was gay and a foreign agent.
"A foreign agent equals a traitor, a betrayer of the homeland," he said.
The blog called Mr. Bastrykin "a swindler, a fraud and a foreign agent".
(After he left the Trump campaign, he registered retroactively as a foreign agent).
INOSTRANNY AGENT" — "I combat corruption: A foreign agent" — with "agent" in big bold letters.
He asked: "Could a foreign agent launch another country's missiles against a third country?
They all have different demands: one says 'Register as a foreign agent', one says 'Pay fines [in order] not to be registered as a foreign agent', the third says 'Pay taxes on donations'.
(Mr Navalny had ridiculed him as a "foreign agent" and publicised threats made by Mr Bastrykin to a Russian journalist).
When it emerged he was a foreign agent for the Gaddafi regime, President Carter had to distance himself from "Billygate".
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