Winston Duke

The panther is sleek. The panther is sneaky. The panther is covert. Meanwhile, the gorilla will show up and bang on his chest and make noises to warn you about what is about to happen if you continue to cross the line.

Actor

Tina Brown

Even as the whole world tries to hang on to its job, there is also this weird parallel sense - almost a covert longing - that the old corrupt structures on which that job depends needs to be, ought to be, swept away.

American Editor

Frank Church

The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S. journalists and media organizations.

American Politician

Zack Snyder

Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.

American Director

Michael Hayden

My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval; to inform.

American Public Servant

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.

American Writer

A. A. Gill

The pleasure in lovers' gifts is that they are often covert and secretive, worn next to the skin, hidden under pillows.

British Writer

Thomas Carlyle

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Scottish Philosopher

Jen Lancaster

No one wants to friend or follow covert info about Pakistan's nuclear policy.

American Author

Pete Hoekstra

Decisions concerning covert actions are not often easily reached.

Used to describe actions intended to be kept secret, often for strategic reasons.

Concealing Intent

Typically associated with military or espionage activities that must be executed discretely.

Stealth Operations

Covert is often contrasted with overt, which means open and not secret.

Not Overt

Indicates how animals use their natural covering as a form of camouflage.

Animal Camouflage

Refers to feathers or fur used by animals to protect themselves from elements.

Protection Use

In scientific observation, covert may detail specific protection or plumage areas.

Observation Detail

In zoology, coverts are crucial refuges for wildlife, often used for rest or hiding.

Wildlife Shelter

The term suggests dense vegetation which provides a good hiding spot for animals.

Vegetation Density

Coverts support biodiversity by providing habitats for different animal species.

Ecosystem Role

 that taught exactly these techniques. There's conferences and workshops that teach people all these covert ways of getting people's attention and orchestrating people's lives. And it's because most people don't know that that exists that this conversation is so important. Tristan, you and I, we both know so many people from all these companies.

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 our business lives we're deeply ambivalent about the truth we parse it out on an as-needed basis sometimes for very very good reasons and other times just because we don't understand the gaps in our lives that's truth number two about lying we're against lying but we're covertly for it it ways that our society has sanctioned for centuries and

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 It's woven into the fabric of our daily and our business lives. We're deeply ambivalent about the truth. We parse it out on an as-needed basis, sometimes for very good reasons, other times just because we don't understand the gaps in our lives. That's truth number two about lying. We're against lying, but we're covertly for it

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 your minds the conviction of this truth as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will most constantly and actively though often covertly and insidiously directed it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value

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 But I suspected there was something really important about this whole feminism thing, so I started covertly tiptoeing into my mom's bookshelves and picking books off and reading them -- never, of course, admitting that I was doing so. I didn't actually claim the feminist label

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 as mass media spread. While it was known that authoritarian countries controlled and censored information, a series of scandals showed that democratic governments were also misleading the public, often with media cooperation. Revelations of covert wars, secret assassinations,

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 and further control the market. So they commissioned botanist Robert Fortune to steal tea from China in a covert operation. He disguised himself and took a perilous journey through China's mountainous tea regions, eventually smuggling tea trees and experienced tea workers

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 You can feel the droplets of moisture land on your skin, but what you can't feel are the thousands, or even millions, of microscopic germs that have covertly traveled through the air and onto your clothing, hands and face. As gross as this scenario sounds,

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 it entirely and what does that long-term future that long-term life with covert actually look like I find myself wondering about questions like where is the Solidarity the collective investment in our future here because that's not always

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 uniform blue all over without that very dark covert underneath the eye very nice so we're talking about diets of birds said the day that came up a few times