smuggle
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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
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
The U.S. government charged Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw and two other individuals last month regarding an alleged plan to smuggle U.S.-assembled servers to China.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
The books center on semiautobiographical poets and often smuggle in examples of their—that is, Mr. Lerner’s—work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Outside Seoul, I talked to a North Korean defector who had paid twelve thousand dollars to a broker to smuggle out her eleven-year-old son in 2002.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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The Oakland-based musician and filmmaker smuggles revolutionary ideas into his latest movie, an absurdist candy-colored romp about shoplifting and workers’ rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Treating occurrences as things that exist smuggles confusion into our language and concepts.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
Graham Norton once noted that "she uses humour like a Trojan horse, in which she smuggles in all sorts of difficult issues."
From BBC ● May 26, 2024
“Everyone smuggles food out of kitchens. I mean what else are you going to make? Unless it’s smuggled food,” she said.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024
I’ve learned a bit about evolution thanks to the books and newspapers Jackson smuggles me, and the comparison doesn't sit well.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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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
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
Over the past six months, prices for smuggled Nvidia chips have more than doubled, according to Chinese distributors, due to tightened U.S. enforcement and shipping delays in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
According to the real Asa, their parents had smuggled her out of the village at a young age but weren’t able to take Yuru with them.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Some days that bit of smuggled food made the difference between hunger and starvation.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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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
Under the departing President Gustavo Petro, a former leftist guerrilla, the government embarked on simultaneous peace negotiations with about a dozen narco-trafficking groups to urge them to disarm and abandon drug smuggling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"We categorically refused. By doing so, you are effectively supporting that smuggling chain," Stojiljkovic told AFP.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Railroad cars seized by federal authorities in Mexico as part of its wide-ranging investigation into fuel smuggling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
She looked pregnant, but she was actually smuggling a large banner under her coat.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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