Sentence examples for operatives themselves from inspiring English sources

Here the operatives themselves were under the microscope, in effect answering for the sins of that most hated of Vietnam-era institutions that they enabled, the military-industrial complex.

Voting rights advocates say the Republicans' accusations of fraud (even though party operatives themselves face possible charges of fraud, most notably in California) are part of a deliberate strategy to create confusion among voters, to galvanize the conservative base and to set the table for possible legal challenges of voters at the polls and of the election results.

We do not know about American operatives themselves.

Like touts at a racetrack, political operatives pride themselves on their ability to pick long shots.

As if discovering gambling in Casablanca, political operatives professed themselves "shocked" on Thursday at signs of growing rancour between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton ahead of their unexpectedly competitive New York primary election.

"On the night of Arjan's abduction he was followed by two Russian security service operatives who themselves admit that they stood by as he was kidnapped".

In so doing, Taliban fighters and Qaeda operatives found themselves on the same side of a debate as human rights activists, privacy advocates and conservative civil libertarians.

Mr. Kissinger's loyalty to President Richard M. Nixon and Ms. Rice's to President Bush made them as much political operatives ingratiating themselves with their respective presidents as detached foreign policy analysts serving the national well-being.

Just one day before the May shooting, in almost the exact same neighbourhood, Blackwater operatives found themselves in another gun battle, lasting an hour, that drew in both US military and Iraqi forces, in which at least four Iraqis are said to have died.

GOP operatives give themselves only a slight chance of winning the seat, but if their nominee, Charlie Summers, is to have a chance, it would involve Dill taking enough votes from King.

And they refuse to admit one glaring fact: If rabid right-wing political operatives like themselves are running to Attkisson's defense, she cannot possibly be "playing it pretty straight" or be "a fairly objective journalist".