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So that was my hidden agenda, just to help her showcase all these different sides.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2023
And when said Italian pop star is revealed to be the real sneaky brownnoser with the hidden agenda, so commences the Ungermeyer revenge plot!
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2022
The lawmaker suggested the judge might have a hidden agenda of letting violent criminals, killers of police officers and child predators back on the streets.
—New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022
Hawkins cleverly doles out the clues to each character’s personality and motive for being on this trip, and how each has a hidden agenda.
—Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Jan. 2022
Some Tweeters wondered whether the band had a hidden agenda.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021
Cool, calculating and focused on executing the company’s hidden agenda.
—Scott Tobias, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2023
And when said Italian pop star is revealed to be the real sneaky brownnoser with the hidden agenda, so commences the Ungermeyer revenge plot!
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2022
The lawmaker suggested the judge might have a hidden agenda of letting violent criminals, killers of police officers and child predators back on the streets.
—New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022
Hawkins cleverly doles out the clues to each character’s personality and motive for being on this trip, and how each has a hidden agenda.
—Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Jan. 2022
Some Tweeters wondered whether the band had a hidden agenda.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021
Cool, calculating and focused on executing the company’s hidden agenda.
—Scott Tobias, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
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“Hidden agenda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hidden%20agenda. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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