smuggle
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When Sinners director Ryan Coogler went to the movies as a child, he would smuggle in some snacks - and get particularly creative with the cinema's drinks machine.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Hiding vegetables in food is usually framed as a parenting tactic — a way to smuggle spinach past a suspicious toddler.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
"The Weight" features Russell Crowe and Ethan Hawke in a tale of a man forced to smuggle gold through the lethal wilderness of Depression-era rural Oregon.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
In the second case, prosecutors say a man tried to smuggle 14 keel-billed toucans, which he had concealed inside the dashboard of his Volkswagen Passat.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
The teachers would smuggle lectures over to them and they would respond with questions and comments.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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