sneaked

verb

variants or snuck
past tense of sneak
1
as in lurked
to move about in a sly or secret manner the little kids sneak around upstairs when they're supposed to be in bed

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2
as in infiltrated
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way sneak the topic into the conversation any way you can

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Recent Examples of sneaked Somewhere in New York, Chinese spies snuck in too-thick ballot paper. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026 Boise State snuck into the final spot of the rankings with an overall record of 7-1 and an unblemished 4-0 record in Pac-12 play. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2026 Matthew Lillard also returned as Stu Macher, one of the killers in the first movie, with a few other surprise guests snuck in. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026 Then, as if by magic, he was spotted at a nearby table, having snuck in through the back. — Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Machado snuck out of Venezuela in late 2025 to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, after spending nearly a year in hiding. — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 That happened Sunday when the Jets’ Nate Lynn snuck past right tackle Austin Jackson to sack Willis on a third and two early in the fourth quarter. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 In 2026, Southlake Carroll snuck into the playoffs with a 6-8 District 4-6A record, continuing a playoff streak that began in 1999. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026 On fourth-and-four — fourth-and-ballgame, fourth-and-win streak, fourth-and-dethroning Big Ten royalty Ohio State — Marsh snuck to the left edge of the end zone. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneaked
  1. lurked
  2. infiltrated
  3. slipped
  4. inserted
  5. slid
  6. stole
Verb
  • In the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, on the morning of March 11, 2013, something lurked just below the surface of a young Afghan man, a boy, really.
    — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Like fossils of prehistoric life, the evidence of all these past relationships lurked in the debris of our Connecticut household.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of lurked
Verb
  • The police force has been heavily infiltrated by the far-right National Rally party.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Both cases describe much of the same operation, including Cuban intelligence agents who infiltrated Brothers to the Rescue in Miami, gathered information about its aircraft and flight plans and relayed intelligence to authorities in Havana.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of infiltrated
Verb
  • Shoes are slipped off in corridors before entering the suites, which have simple Japanese names such as Washi (paper), Ishi (stone) and Take (bamboo).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Nvidia, which makes the chips for most of these AI data center projects, slipped just over 1%.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of slipped
Verb
  • Into this empty egg a spindle from another animal is then inserted, the reconstructed egg finishes its process of chromosome halving, and is then fertilized.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Scientists inserted genes associated with Alzheimer’s into mouse genomes, breeding animals that had high levels of amyloid in their brains; the mice then began to struggle with spatial navigation.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of inserted
Verb
  • The online booking company slid more than 13% after issuing mostly weaker-than-expected guidance for the current quarter.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Elon Musk’s companies SpaceX and Tesla each slid around 10%, largely in response to the midterm results.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of slid
Verb
  • After the vows, the newlyweds stole a quiet moment to take sunset portraits along the water.
    — Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The hackers who stole billions of dollars in cryptocurrency from the Binance exchange spent months working on the theft and used both social engineering and novel malware in the process, the company said Tuesday.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of stole

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