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Recent Examples of covertly
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.
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ABC News,
6 June 2026
These word puzzles all covertly reference the years-old disappearance of Charlie, Martha’s brilliant older sister.
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The Know,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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.
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Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
Questions persist about accountability and transparency in drone programs, particularly those operated covertly by intelligence agencies rather than traditional armed forces.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
Both of the crude oil tankers turned off their Automatic Information System transponders weeks ago and were operating covertly.
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CBS News,
8 May 2026
The company claimed to be hunting for evidence that Musk was covertly funding its critics.
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Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Mohan advocates for his care and attempts to covertly give the patient free supplies.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
ABC News,
6 June 2026
These word puzzles all covertly reference the years-old disappearance of Charlie, Martha’s brilliant older sister.
—
The Know,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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
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
Questions persist about accountability and transparency in drone programs, particularly those operated covertly by intelligence agencies rather than traditional armed forces.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
Both of the crude oil tankers turned off their Automatic Information System transponders weeks ago and were operating covertly.
—
CBS News,
8 May 2026
The company claimed to be hunting for evidence that Musk was covertly funding its critics.
—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Mohan advocates for his care and attempts to covertly give the patient free supplies.
—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for covertly
Adverb
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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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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.
Adverb
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That Hanson so could faithfully and conspiratorially convey that in her naturalistic, uncontrived images came from a place of friendship.
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.
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Gray-hat hackers, unlike white-hats, surreptitiously sneak into corporate systems to find security vulnerabilities.
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“Covertly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covertly. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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