move secretly
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Propaganda & Intelligence, An organization operating throughout the world, often in conflict with local laws, must move secretly and be ready to defend itself against inevitable exposures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, fearful of divulging their positions to enemy raiders, ships move secretly, radios mum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taliban opponent Karzai had to move secretly across this chessboard of feuding clans when he headed into southern Afghanistan, avoiding the Ghilzai villages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, a certain furtive quickness of movement had always characterized the operations of the outlaws—the instinct to move secretly, if possible, and to strike swiftly when they struck was always strong in them.
From 'Drag' Harlan by Seltzer, Charles Alden
At length General Lewis detached three companies, commanded by Captains Shelby, Matthews, and Stuart, with orders to move secretly along the banks of the Kanawha and Crooked Creek, so as to gain the enemy's rear.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles
