secretly

Example Sentences

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Sun also pleaded guilty to charges that accused him of secretly working for China and was sentenced this year to four years in prison.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

D-day, secretly known as Operation Overlord, was timed based on several factors, including the weather, the tides and the moonlight.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Along with its eat-the-rich framework, it also belongs to a pleasing subgenre of movies about blue-collar guys who are secretly geniuses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

FC Slovacko only learned they had been secretly filmed after the arrest.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

So they married secretly, and he planned to tell them afterward, but before he did, before my mother even knew she was having me, a terrible thing happened.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman