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as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
a sneak attack on the nation's capitol
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Recent Examples of sneak
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
An orange might have snuck in there because my palette was limited.
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Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
15 Mar. 2017
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Otherwise, Dillon could carve out a role as a short-yardage ball-carrier, sparing the Panthers from forcing a QB sneak setup.
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Mike Kaye
updated May 20,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
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Verb
This episode sneaks some plot in toward the end, as the 10-Petal’s most skeptical cowboy, Austin, comes to Rip and finally — finally!
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Noel Murray,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
An orange might have snuck in there because my palette was limited.
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Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Adjective
Get Ready: Katy Perry Has Released a Sneak Peek of Her New Song
And the internet has receipts.
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Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
15 Mar. 2017
Noun
The tech giant built up by Internet search is getting back into the smart eyewear game itself; during its I/O 2026 conference on Tuesday, Google shared a sneak peak of two styles designed by Gentle Monster and Warby Parker.
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Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Otherwise, Dillon could carve out a role as a short-yardage ball-carrier, sparing the Panthers from forcing a QB sneak setup.
—
Mike Kaye
updated May 20,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneak
Verb
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Unbeknownst to its more than 800 members, Flod had been lurking in the public group for years, silently celebrating each new mention of Pinky.
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Finally, book eleven, Bernard Malmud’s The Fixer, was found lurking on a twelfth-grade syllabus.
Verb
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The same informant then infiltrated a second conference, in 2020.
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If your kids need to use the restroom, there is a lengthy stretch midway through the film where a small army of Buzz Lightyear toys infiltrate a campsite, and Buzz and Woody unplug Lily’s charger back at Bonnie’s house.
Adjective
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Some may be announced publicly; others may happen in more clandestine ways.
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But clandestine flows aren’t the biggest factor behind the market calm.
Noun
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Wolverines — the sturdy animals in the images the national forest shared online — are the largest members of the mustelid family, which includes species of badgers, otters and weasels.
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The little animals that will come to be emblematic of the 2026 Games are stoats, extremely cute critters that in real life are related to the weasel and the otter.
Verb
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For anyone looking to channel the current more-is-more styling energy, the answer may be as simple as slipping on a pair of red shoes.
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Industry watchers are wondering aloud whether the AI lab is slipping back from the lead pack in the AI race.
Verb
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Heath hoped that the agent could worm his way even deeper into Red44.
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The flea larvae, which look like tiny maggots, worm their way into the carpet or mattress, feeding on the flea dirt that their parents left behind, says Benson.
Adjective
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After 1996, when the protease inhibitors were developed, the duty to warn continued to be an important standard when HIV status became more clinically covert.
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Authorities say the rogue drone operation led out of a former daycare in Georgia was a staging ground where multiple drones were launched on covert missions to deliver the contraband by air to 10 federal prisons at night.
Noun
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Because spotted skunks are relatively rare in California wildlife rehabilitation centers and in the surrounding area, there were no other skunks of his kind available to keep him company.
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The fall is an especially busy time for skunks.
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“Sneak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneak. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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