undercover
Example Sentences
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But an undercover DEA investigation targeting Honduras’s government, led by the agency’s elite Special Operations Division, unexpectedly ensnared the nephews.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
The stranger, however, arrived at the rendezvous accompanied by undercover police officers, who arrested the man.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
By the novel’s 1966 setting, Gloria Steinem had already gone undercover as a Playboy Bunny and the second-wave feminist movement was starting to gain traction in certain circles.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
The first three seasons of "Tehran", which focused on a Mossad agent working undercover in the Iranian capital, were filmed in Athens.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
Besides, she doesn’t trust anyone since she learned of the undercover training at the Domestic Academy.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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