covertly
Example Sentences
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When the film opens at Oak Street’s idyllic summer block party, complete with cookouts and kids happily pedaling together on their bikes, he purposefully evokes the atmosphere of the movies he covertly cites.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Once in Britain, according to the New York Times, Trump was covertly ferried back to Air Force One as though he had been aboard the whole time.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
The British Army covertly took over a disused part of the London Underground in central London to plan a Nato military response to possible future Russian attacks.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
I was in two minds as to what to say and looked covertly at him.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
