infiltrating

verb

present participle of infiltrate
as in sneaking
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way over time, undercover agents infiltrated the crime ring and eventually busted their gambling racket

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Recent Examples of infiltrating One of the scenarios simulated terrorists infiltrating the kibbutz kindergarten. — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 In a video statement released shortly before the strikes, Al-Aqili warned against infiltrating Yemeni airspace with Iranian aircraft. — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 Dee joins Rick Devens from Survivor 50, Big Brother 26 breakout Angela Murray, and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Jason De Puy/Salina EsTitties as previous reality competition TV veterans infiltrating the season 28 house. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026 In 2020, Kristofer Goldsmith said that a fellow veteran invited him to partner up on infiltrating Patriot Front. — Odette Yousef, NPR, 11 July 2026 The Justice Department unveiled this case against it, essentially arguing that SPLC had been defrauding its donors by paying informants within far-right groups who were infiltrating those groups. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Working with a cartel desperate to control London’s drug market, Duke begins a high-risk game of infiltrating Kingsley’s empire to destroy it from within and smoke out his enemy. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 July 2026 Towle — who was diagnosed with the rare bile duct cancer about three years ago — is expected to soon receive tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 These include the consolidation of gourmand perfumes’ popularity and synergy with the food industry to sports, active lifestyles and pop culture infiltrating the storytelling of artistic olfactory collections, which are increasingly attracting younger consumers. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infiltrating
  1. sneaking
  2. inserting
  3. slipping
  4. winding
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  • The facing page depicts a mother, fearful, sneaking away to protect her new child.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • Her grandmother is sneaking out at night, and even shows up to Jazz’s school as a substitute.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of sneaking
Verb
  • Coming off a left hip flexor strain, the Mets wanted to give him a full workday before inserting him into the lineup again, which wasn’t possible with the wildfire smoke.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
  • Indyk wrote that inserting an international peace conference, or a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian final-status negotiations, into the deal was tempting but doomed to fail.
    — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Definition of inserting
Verb
  • Twenty wrestlers are committed to slipping on their mawashi loincloths (don’t call it a diaper), stomping to signal their readiness (that’s a shiko) and doing some belly-slapping grappling.
    — Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 21 July 2026
  • Audiences had not responded well to Schmidt’s two-timing Cece and Elizabeth, and a dark cloud hovered around the network’s growing frustration over New Girl’s slipping ratings.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
Definition of slipping
Verb
  • Israeli settlements, Palestinian villages and the winding roads and checkpoints that connect – and divide – them.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • The particles, when inhaled, enter a winding network of airways and get lodged deep inside a person’s lungs, Koehler said.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Definition of winding

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