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smuggle

[smuhg-uhl] / ˈsmʌg əl /


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In March, Super Micro said that co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw resigned from the server maker’s board of directors after being indicted for his alleged role in a scheme to smuggle high-end Nvidia chips to China.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Many said they planned to conceal the symbol to smuggle it into the stadium.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Federal authorities charged a Daly City man in an international trafficking plot to smuggle nearly 300 poached loggerhead musk turtles from Florida to Taiwan.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

Sahand says he has sent a dozen to Iran since January and "we are actively looking for other ways to smuggle in more".

From BBC May 2, 2026

If he had known what was coming up for his day, he would have been begging me to smuggle him to school in my backpack.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

Treating occurrences as things that exist smuggles confusion into our language and concepts.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2025

Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other metals out of eastern DR Congo and sells them as its own.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2025

“Everyone smuggles food out of kitchens. I mean what else are you going to make? Unless it’s smuggled food,” she said.

From Salon Feb. 2, 2024

Through the smokescreen of a twisted fantasy teeming with centaurs, robot bandits and talking dogs who eat corpses, Sorokin smuggles in a sly critique of contemporary Russia’s turn toward totalitarianism.

From New York Times Apr. 16, 2022

He's the one who smuggles me my news stories, even a book every now and again, in exchange for helping him with this dark deed or that one.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

The President was smuggled in a catering container, so serious is the threat.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

In his last days in prison he tried to keep up the spirits of his fellow inmates and managed to have smuggled out an audio message to his mother.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

According to the real Asa, their parents had smuggled her out of the village at a young age but weren’t able to take Yuru with them.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

And it is something, we are reminded, that can be smuggled away in a backpack.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Klaus stood by the window, squinting as he read his smuggled book by the moonlight that trickled into the room.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Western forces including Israel could train and support designated Syrian and Lebanese units to target smuggling networks with the help of advanced monitoring systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The U.S. would ensure that Syria and Lebanon make securing the border and disrupting smuggling a priority.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Besides the main storyline and a dull, time-padding smuggling operation to uncover, there’s little to do for the rest of the Broken Lizard team: Paul Soter, Eric Stolhanske and Steve Emme.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

London and Paris say the accord helps crack down on people smuggling and limits the number of migrants attempting the often deadly crossing to England's south coast.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Mulch recognized it as his arresting officer from the Renaissance Masters smuggling case.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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