clandestine
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Forced to rethink how it sold its oil, Tehran accelerated the build-out of a clandestine trading network, according to U.S. officials and researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
They set up clandestine camera monitoring from a public location.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Sen. Frank Church of Idaho – held extensive hearings that included eye-opening testimony about clandestine U.S. intelligence activities abroad and domestically.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
Indeed, the world’s most high-stakes clandestine cat-and-mouse game is currently taking place in the race for artificial-intelligence supremacy.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026
"This was just one more clandestine meeting among several in a day," he said, "and the danger that I would be caught out was not very great."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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