Sentence examples for a secretive operation from inspiring English sources

Published in 1970, the novel revolves around the advertising artist Si Morley, who is recruited by the government to join a secretive operation.

Written in 1970, the novel revolves around the advertising artist Si Morley, who is recruited by the government to join a secretive operation committed to exploring the possibility of time travel.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Despite deepening pessimism back home and disarray in the top American military ranks, officials insist that the buildup of soldiers in Afghanistan is beginning to show results: Commando raids over the last four months have taken scores of insurgent leaders out of action, in a secretive operation aimed partly at pressuring the Taliban to reconcile with the Afghan government.

The planning of corporate strategy was usually a secretive operation that took place at irregular intervals.The problems of strategic planning have attracted some of the best minds in both business and academia, but these minds have not agreed on a practice that works in all circumstances.

US and Mexican authorities have reportedly teamed up to arrest two dozen members of the Sinaloa Cartel in a secretive operation that was carried out in the Mexican state of Sonora along the border with Arizona.

Major Tayseer Darwish is a member of a secretive operations room run by the Friends of Syria group and rebel fighters.

The firm, a relatively young and decidedly secretive operation, has received only $44,000 in payments from the committee, perhaps explaining why it was so quickly let go (overall, it's been paid just shy of $2 million from Republican and conservative groups this cycle).

The lawsuit lists an array of reasons why Madoff's secretive operation might have raised curiosity or concerns.

At Goldman, that review is followed by another, more secretive operation called "quartiling" where staff's bosses come up with a score of one to five.

While unrelated to the above conflicts, take Jim Molan, former commander of Australian forces in Iraq, supporter of more troops in Afghanistan and key adviser in drafting the secretive Operation Sovereign Borders against asylum seekers.

The highly secretive operation to monitor and disrupt political activists, which has been running for four decades, has come under mounting scrutiny since last year following revelations over the activities of Mark Kennedy, the undercover police officer who went rogue after burying himself deep in the environmental movement for seven years.