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European prosecutors and U.S. officials say that sabotage was carried out by Ukrainian operatives.

Federal agents, including undercover operatives, were in the ballroom during the assassination and took no steps to intervene, the lawsuit alleges.

From BBC

This silence, evoked by the title, describes the organizational omerta under which the IRA operated and the unspoken agreement between its operatives and the people they lived among.

From Salon

She operates mostly “in the back”, the president-elect said, but she is known as one of the most feared political operatives in the US.

From BBC

In the finger-pointing that naturally follows a stunning loss, a handful of Democratic officials and operatives are putting the blame squarely on Joe Biden.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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