clandestinely

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More than 3,000 migrants died in 2025 while attempting to reach Spain clandestinely, according to the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

“I had not actually seen Rasoulof’s film because when we make films clandestinely, we don’t talk about them, even with our close friends,” he explains.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

He was released in 2023, and now playing in select theaters is his first film since then, the clandestinely produced, Palme d’Or-winning “It Was Just an Accident.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

To fight an elusive enemy operating clandestinely at night and from hideouts deep in swamps and jungles, the U.S. military turned to environmental modification technologies.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

“Suppose I told you, Luke, that I would meet you clandestinely in the second-best drawing room—how would you ever know where to find me?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson