covertly
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A top White House official on Wednesday accused Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI of covertly copying Anthropic's most advanced model to build its Kimi K3.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Individuals in our country who covertly do the bidding of foreign governments undermine our democracy,” First Assistant U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Cdr Simon Messinger said Cano's behaviour recorded by an undercover journalist working covertly in the custody suite was "appalling".
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Khan visited Pyongyang to help with uranium enrichment, an alternative path to a bomb that North Korea pursued covertly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
I’ve been covertly crying every night that Bess has been here, though the why behind the weepiness remains an enigma.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
