secretive
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Inside the secretive lab shaping America’s retail landscape: At a Florida lab few have ever seen, a team of researchers is trying to stave off a purported epidemic of shoplifting.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
The accolades come just five days after Swift married beau Travis Kelce in an extravagant — yet secretive — Manhattan affair at Madison Square Garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
More than 10,000 women, pregnant women, and girls passed through the secretive institutions, which were largely run by religious orders, from the 1920s until the 1990s.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Iranian and Chinese partners have set up secretive intermediaries and front companies in Hong Kong and elsewhere to help facilitate more trade in yuan, Treasury officials say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
“The way you put it away whenever I enter the room—you seem secretive about her.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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