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smuggle

[smuhg-uhl] / ˈsmʌg əl /


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As part of the new effort, which he called “Operation Economic Outcast,” Bessent said his department has “mapped every node, every facilitator and every network that Iran has used to smuggle oil and evade sanctions.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

For years, authorities say, Ghomi used an intermediary in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to smuggle U.S. tech into his home country of Iran, where he is a dual-citizen.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

The server maker needed a boost after the federal government charged a Super Micro co-founder and two other individuals—though not the company itself—in an alleged plan to smuggle U.S.-assembled servers to China.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

Independent benchmarks confirm that Pangram outperforms every other detector tested and is robust against “humanizers,” or software designed to smuggle A.I. text past detectors.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2026

We made it to the wall and practically dove through the two-brick hole, but we didn’t smuggle that night.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

Like with gold, the RSF smuggles gum arabic through border points it controls to neighboring countries, including Libya, Chad, Central African Republic and South Sudan.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

But Walsh smuggles in an entirely different claim beneath these factual details: that Parks was effectively a political actress participating in a manufactured hoax.

From Salon May 20, 2026

Treating occurrences as things that exist smuggles confusion into our language and concepts.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2025

Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other metals out of eastern DR Congo and sells them as its own.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2025

He's the one who smuggles me my news stories, even a book every now and again, in exchange for helping him with this dark deed or that one.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

The President was smuggled in a catering container, so serious is the threat.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Wangunyu Njuguna, the author of the report, said that despite being illegal in Kenya, some toxic agrochemicals are smuggled through the border with Tanzania.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Zoos, according to the reporting here, were more than happy to populate their exhibits with the rarest reptiles, whether they were smuggled in or not.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

A video also smuggled out of prison showed him singing a patriotic song in the prison yard ahead of execution.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

She had smuggled a squirrel into the house.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo

Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Robert McGuire secured a grand jury indictment against Abrego Garcia for human smuggling charges related to a 2022 traffic stop.

From Slate Aug. 23, 2026

He listed several activities that he said need to stop immediately: "oil smuggling, swap lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registries, front companies."

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Twana Jamal Khdir, an Iraqi national who was once described as "the godfather" of the French migrant camps, previously served a sentence for people smuggling in France.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The U.S. would ensure that Syria and Lebanon make securing the border and disrupting smuggling a priority.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The merchants of Boston had for some decades made some portion of their fortunes through smuggling, the Young Men of the Gitney family being, in this respect, no exception.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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