secretly
Example Sentences
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We would all secretly hope that they would get added to the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
President Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, according to US media.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
A surreptitious airport catering truck secretly shuttled Trump to a waiting military plane, which flew him out instead.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Instead of leaving on either that jet or “former” Air Force One, the president secretly hopped into an airport catering truck and shuttled to an Air Force C-32A, a smaller military plane.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
My father has visited the institution in Calcutta twice—once without warning, hoping to see a transformed Moni, living a secretly normal life behind the barred gates.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
