sleeper cell
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Her group, the Stonehenge Alliance, which had become something of a sleeper cell, snapped back into action, writing to ministers even before the new scheme was announced by David Cameron in December 2014.
From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2019
"Why did you want to be put in a sleeper cell?" asked Mr Bhajwa.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2018
If the jihadi group wanted a sleeper cell in Birmingham, it wouldn’t have needed Muthana to pack her bags.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2015
Deep down, though, you have to wonder if he is some sort of one-man sleeper cell planted across town by José Mourinho just to torment Arsène Wenger.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2015
You're a --" I fished in my memory for vocabulary words culled from spy thrillers -- "you're a sleeper cell.
From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory
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