How to Use under the radar in a Sentence

under the radar

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  • This one slips under the radar.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • How has this movie flown under the radar this long?
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Here are some that might have flown under the radar.
    Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Be nice, stay under the radar, and all will be good one day soon.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The pair’s courtship didn’t fly under the radar for long, of course.
    Glamour, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Now the Cougars are no longer under the radar.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But parts of the story fly under the radar.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Why do so many autistic girls fly under the radar?
    Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Some events are easy to find, while others fly under the radar.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Or flying more under the radar?
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Others fly more under the radar.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
  • There could be some tension under the radar, too, that is on the back of your mind.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Some startups also try to stay under the radar to gain an edge.
    Hunter McDaniel, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Will these two fly under the radar until the finale?
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Fratelli Deli is still under the radar.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 25 Sep. 2025
  • These are a suitably subtle pick for those who want to fly under the radar.
    Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • But its recorder race has flown under the radar so far this election cycle.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Nobody cared about our psyches and so, so much stuff flew under the radar.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
  • With so much huge news, some other items inevitably flew under the radar.
    John Riley, USA TODAY, 29 June 2024
  • Lorde gave her a helpful list of things to do at an airport to fly under the radar.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
  • But the first one, just as important, flew under the radar.
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Recent years have, somewhat under the radar, brought hope and a fresh set of tools.
    Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
  • And what's gone under the radar is pertussis.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Here are three key players who have flown under the radar through the first 41 games.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • Bob and Mindy like to keep Freelands under the radar.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
  • This gave us a good picture of which brands had been covered, and which had slipped under the radar.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 June 2025
  • Honestly, my plan coming in was to shut up, stay under the radar.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The book is an opulent eyeful from artists who have been under the radar for too long.
    Ann Landi, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
  • If the music was under the radar, the sneaker launch was anything but.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Despite the high stakes, the primary flew under the radar for months.
    USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024

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