hidden agenda
Example Sentences
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“We openly asked Hansen if there was a hidden agenda in his development proposals for El Mirador, and he answered that of course not, and I believe him, because he has made each of his proposals public,” Xuncax said.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’ve been doing the jobs that have been put in front of me. I’ve built the relationships that I’ve had an opportunity to build, not for any hidden agenda, but because I’m working with them.”
From New York Times
"The Ukrainian leadership is young, Western-educated, it no longer has a 'hidden agenda' as it used to," he said.
From Reuters
There’s no hidden agenda or code.”
From New York Times
So free speech does not mean you abuse that freedom and tell people whatever you want because you have a hidden agenda.
From Salon
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