covertly
Example Sentences
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In one case, a 17-year-old girl told British broadcaster Channel 4 News in August how she had been approached by a man who covertly recorded her and their interaction.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Wright has said private data firms are undercounting ships that move covertly through the waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
The other undercover officer, Anna, got to know him separately, and during a covertly captured conversation in a café in December 2023 she put it to him that his nephew had killed somebody.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Flying covertly for the Department of Energy, the plane carried some of the most technologically advanced infrared cameras.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
