undercover
Example Sentences
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Detectives turned to a daring undercover operation - bugging Michael Stewart's home and car, placing listening devices on his brother's car, and sending two covert officers into Michael's life.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Of course, there is something absurd about celebrity chefs needing fake mustaches, prosthetics or entire undercover personas to determine that a restaurant is poorly run.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Its officers, who wear civilian clothes, have a network of undercover agents and informants dedicated to monitoring and infiltrating dissident movements and independent groups such as art collectives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
To confirm it was Jamal, we made an undercover visit to one of the shops where he was staffing the till, and started a conversation.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He would have balked at letting me go undercover in the Lake sector for days on end, without a pair of strong backups and a team to follow me.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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