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Recent Examples of clandestinely
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.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clandestinely
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Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories, device fingerprints, and log keystrokes and mouse movements in real time.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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According to the Financial times, Cowgill was covertly filmed in 2021 in the front seat of a black Mercedes talking to Footasylum chief executive Barry Bown.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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Scammers can create an AI replica of someone’s voice using a short recording of their speech — often pulled from social media or an earlier scam call that was surreptitiously recorded.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Brown raised Boyne’s bond, leading to his incarceration, after Boyne surreptitiously photographed a prosecution document in court and shared it with other sympathetic bloggers.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
26 May 2026
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“Clandestinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clandestinely. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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