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Recent Examples of clandestinely
Many of them, like Lavrov, had to leave clandestinely because getting out with Russian permission is nearly impossible.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Penrose also participated in multiple attempts to clandestinely seize voting machines, including in Michigan, where prosecutors accused him of breaking into some of the machines.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2026
Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Before the game, activists clandestinely distributed 15,000 of them to fans entering Levi’s Stadium for the Super Bowl, seeding grassroots support toward a performer who spoke up for Latinos and immigrants at the Grammy Awards last week.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Panahi has been arrested multiple times and imprisoned twice by Iranian authorities for making revelatory, clandestinely shot films like This Is Not a Film and Taxi.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 5 Feb. 2026
Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.
—Dallas Morning News, 11 Jan. 2026
The original cover disappeared — in fact, was kept and sold clandestinely by a CBS executive for around $25,000 and later re-sold by Anonymous for over $250,000.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
But despite the laurels, none of these films could represent Iran since they were made clandestinely by Panahi, an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Penrose also participated in multiple attempts to clandestinely seize voting machines, including in Michigan, where prosecutors accused him of breaking into some of the machines.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2026
Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Before the game, activists clandestinely distributed 15,000 of them to fans entering Levi’s Stadium for the Super Bowl, seeding grassroots support toward a performer who spoke up for Latinos and immigrants at the Grammy Awards last week.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Panahi has been arrested multiple times and imprisoned twice by Iranian authorities for making revelatory, clandestinely shot films like This Is Not a Film and Taxi.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 5 Feb. 2026
Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.
—Dallas Morning News, 11 Jan. 2026
The original cover disappeared — in fact, was kept and sold clandestinely by a CBS executive for around $25,000 and later re-sold by Anonymous for over $250,000.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
But despite the laurels, none of these films could represent Iran since they were made clandestinely by Panahi, an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clandestinely
Adverb
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Despite the disruption, some Iranian oil shipments appear to be continuing — often covertly.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Baath Party was also displeased by the open secret that Iran – as well as Israel and the United States – was covertly supporting the Kurds in its fight against the Iraqi central government.—
Lily Hindy,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Maritime tracking firm Winward suggested the ship may have spoofed its location and surreptitiously delivered the fuel to Cuba already.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
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Slipping surreptitiously from documentary to drama, the story of Junyi, a Catalan of Chinese decent, and his embrace of his roots, moved by the singular draw of family history, and with that a multi-cultural identity.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Clandestinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clandestinely. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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