covertly
Example Sentences
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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
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
But proliferation assumes a state or non-state actor trying to acquire weapons covertly.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
I was by this point well on top of the situation, but the gentlemen went on laughing covertly.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
