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Recent Examples of clandestinely
This great disparity between reality and story, truth and history, takes on new dimensions when Robin clandestinely takes refuge at an island priory where Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer) tends to his wounds.
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ABC News, 17 June 2026
Other examples of politically motivated pirate radio can be found around the world, some of them clandestinely backed by governmental intelligence agencies, but many of them existing as truly grassroots endeavors.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
The audio recordings, shared by outlets including VSquare, Frontstory, Delfi Estonia, the Insider, and the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak, seem to have been clandestinely gathered.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
Many of them, like Lavrov, had to leave clandestinely because getting out with Russian permission is nearly impossible.
—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
ABC News, 17 June 2026
Other examples of politically motivated pirate radio can be found around the world, some of them clandestinely backed by governmental intelligence agencies, but many of them existing as truly grassroots endeavors.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
The audio recordings, shared by outlets including VSquare, Frontstory, Delfi Estonia, the Insider, and the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak, seem to have been clandestinely gathered.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
Many of them, like Lavrov, had to leave clandestinely because getting out with Russian permission is nearly impossible.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clandestinely
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Meehan and Sabres player development director Don Luce traveled to Sweden, where Mogilny was competing in a tournament, and covertly ushered him back to North America.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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These word puzzles all covertly reference the years-old disappearance of Charlie, Martha’s brilliant older sister.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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As a group of dancers surrounded her on the B-stage, she was surreptitiously harnessed into a rig that carried her aloft, limp yet belting, into the heavens, or at least into what looked like a UFO hovering over the arena.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 June 2026
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Gray-hat hackers, unlike white-hats, surreptitiously sneak into corporate systems to find security vulnerabilities.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Clandestinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clandestinely. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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