Sentence examples for they were fronts from inspiring English sources
In 1986, he reportedly closed down 48 Muslim institutions around Libya, charging that they were fronts for extremists; in 2000, he made similar accusations when he unleashed his secret police against opposition figures at the university in Benghazi, killing several and imprisoning dozens more.
The tourism dependent Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives has ordered all spas shuttered after an Islamic political party claimed they were fronts for prostitution.
Before the decade was out, they were fronting rival swing bands, selling millions of records and performing before screaming crowds.
They were fronted by weary men who lived in bubbles of time-gone-by that hadn't yet burst.
For a time, they were fronted by a jazzy singer named Damita Jo, who had a long nightclub career later on.
Did they not realize that they were fronting for some of the world's most violent and cruel dictatorships before the uprisings began?
They were fronted by Sepultura's original singer, Wagner Lamounier, and Geraldo Minelli.
"They are fronts for criminal organizations that take advantage of people who are homeless and hungry.
Now they're front-page news.
In my Amish-farmhouse tableau, they are front and center.
