Sentence examples for covert interests from inspiring English sources

"Disinterested" academic research is now all too often permeated by covert interests.

Allegations have long swirled that the Russian crime don Semyon Mogilevich had covert interests in Swiss-registered RUE, which distributes gas from central Asia.

The Congress for Cultural Freedom also gave the CIA the ideal front to promote its covert interest in Abstract Expressionism.

And one lively story tells of Jason's brief friendship with the town eccentric — a Belgian dowager who welcomes his covert interest in music and literature.

Renwick said that the whole thing made her think of the rickety deals that got us into the current financial mess — "the dangers of going into a contract with someone who has covert ideas and interests" — and suggested that all the parties were at fault.

For the uninitiated, Brand uploads daily Youtube videos ("The Trews") during which he attempts to deconstruct the complex web of agendas, covert sponsorship, corporate interest and massive egos which is The Media.

Rare remarks delivered this week by the secretive, high-ranking Iranian commander coordinating the fight within Iraq against the Islamic State have highlighted Iran's role in the military campaign against the terror group — and heightened unease about the authority being exercised by a person US officials accuse of leading a covert war against its interests.

The spy and novelist share an interest in covert observation mixed with a frisson of risk.

The incident sparked Brown's interest in covert intelligence agencies, which formed the basis of his first novel, (1998).

The incident sparked Brown's interest in covert intelligence agencies, which formed the basis of his first novel, Digital Fortress (1998).

He was fascinated by journalism, and jeopardy – and highly susceptible to the romance of the secret world where the spy and journalist shared an interest in covert observation mixed with a frisson of risk.