operative
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Moment of Truth’s leadership includes Waters, a veteran GOP operative who worked on the presidential campaigns of Republicans George H.W.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2026
“It’s certainly preferable to give all Americans the choice to invest in fast-growing tech companies, but choice is the operative word.”
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026
As a KGB operative and then an assiduous apparatchik, he avoided attention.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
But she misses the days of sparring with Democratic operative Donna Brazile when they were on opposing sides on CNN’s Washington set, and then went out for oysters and wine at Old Ebbitt Grill afterward.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
When the operative told her that he was looking to buy a house in the vicinity, she mentioned that William Hale “controlled everything” in these parts.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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