surreptitious
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On the job, I did my share of surreptitious video-watching and Twitter-scrolling and e-commercing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
In a written statement, she claimed "The Mail's Unlawful Acts against me involve landline tapping my phones and recording my live telephone conversations, placing surreptitious mics on my home windows."
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Cologne is a personal choice, true — but it’s eminently regiftable, after one surreptitious spray, and it’s a luxury that can feel too extravagant to purchase for oneself, especially in a climate of economic uncertainty.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026
With the camera on the dashboard, the vehicle becomes a surreptitious mobile set with Panahi and his co-stars mostly improvising their dialogue, some of it as cutting as anything intentional.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
Fancying that the other man had noticed his surreptitious glance, he hastened once more into speech.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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