as in furtively
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underground
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Boston’s Big Dig, which buried a central highway underground, was infamously plagued by cost overruns but eventually transformed the city’s urban landscape and boosted the economy.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025 -
In frustration, the AEC turned to another Plowshare experiment, Project Gnome, a detonation in New Mexico expected to be fully contained underground.—
Shoshi Parks,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Secretively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretively. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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