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The phrase "agents could have" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a possibility or hypothetical situation regarding agents in the past.
Example: "The agents could have solved the case much earlier if they had more resources."
Alternatives: "agents might have" or "agents were able to".
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Besides, it's not at all clear that armed agents could have prevented Friday's shooting.
"Our undercover agents could have carried in weapons, listening devices, explosives, chemical/biological agents or other such items".
The agents could have rejected the offer and opted instead to leave Allstate with an enhanced severance package.
And his secret greeting code to fellow KGB agents could have come out of the "Carry On" films.
The agents could have arrested Juraboev on the spot, put him under oath, and sought to discover whether he was a real threat or simply a braggart.
The agents could have been blackmailed, Mr. Basham said, but the Secret Service mitigated that threat by sending the agents home.
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The Wall Street Journal reported that the agent could have been mustard gas, obtained in Syria.
Te'o probably executed Saturday's session as well as he and his agent could have hoped.
At one point, the judge questioned how the agent could have cordoned himself off from such information.
Murphy, a 6-foot-11-inch forward, who has not hired an agent, could have waited until June 20, a week before the draft, to make a decision.
Posada, a free agent, could have started negotiating with other teams today, and the Mets, who need a catcher, would have been among his suitors.
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