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Recent Examples of surreptitiously
Fox said the exchange between him and Wasser when he was called back to the restaurant took about 10-12 seconds, but defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo suggested on Monday that the pair may have surreptitiously searched the backpack at that time and found the gun — or potentially planted it.
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Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
In a way, I am being surreptitiously employed by the owner for two minutes.
—Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
Authorities confirmed the link by surreptitiously collecting Haase’s DNA from a pen during a traffic stop, Traeger said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
In a video shared Monday to the official TikTok account of Hobbiton, the charming Matamata, New Zealand, set that Wood's Frodo Baggins called home in Peter Jackson's acclaimed film trilogy, Wood surreptitiously arrives with a small armada of camera operators to document the surprise.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Robert surreptitiously attains Alfred’s workbook/diary, where many secrets may exist.
—Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
What led to that point was a messy, tangled web of loans that Zions said were surreptitiously subordinated by the borrowers all while the collateral was effectively eliminated.
—Leslie Picker, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
His personal physician, Admiral Cary Grayson, kept the severity of the stroke hidden from Congress and the American people, while his wife, first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, surreptitiously took charge of matters of state.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Is he humiliated by being asked to leave surreptitiously for Olivia’s amusement, or is this a game for him too?
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
In a way, I am being surreptitiously employed by the owner for two minutes.
—Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
Authorities confirmed the link by surreptitiously collecting Haase’s DNA from a pen during a traffic stop, Traeger said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
In a video shared Monday to the official TikTok account of Hobbiton, the charming Matamata, New Zealand, set that Wood's Frodo Baggins called home in Peter Jackson's acclaimed film trilogy, Wood surreptitiously arrives with a small armada of camera operators to document the surprise.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Robert surreptitiously attains Alfred’s workbook/diary, where many secrets may exist.
—Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
What led to that point was a messy, tangled web of loans that Zions said were surreptitiously subordinated by the borrowers all while the collateral was effectively eliminated.
—Leslie Picker, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
His personal physician, Admiral Cary Grayson, kept the severity of the stroke hidden from Congress and the American people, while his wife, first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, surreptitiously took charge of matters of state.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Is he humiliated by being asked to leave surreptitiously for Olivia’s amusement, or is this a game for him too?
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surreptitiously
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Some Gen Z have been desperately trying to break into the job market, sending out thousands of applications, standing on Wall Street with a sign begging for a job, and waitressing at industry conferences to stealthily hand out their resumes.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Dec. 2025
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Two minutes later, while moving through the crowd, I was stealthily pickpocketed and spent hours the next day at the police station filing a theft report.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Nov. 2025
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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With a comfy design and a sleek hue, the trend is sneakily elegant and easy to mix and match with other closet staples.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Layer it with the Camnow Cropped Puffer Jacket that’s a total staple winter coat, and suddenly your airport look feels sneakily stylish, comfy, and totally ready for whatever the forecast or your itinerary throws at you.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Dec. 2025
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That could mean tightening sanctions on remaining power brokers, expanding strikes against security installations and militias, covertly supporting insurgent factions, and using Maduro’s prospective trial as a global stage on which to delegitimize Chavismo once and for all.—
Robert Muggah,
Fortune,
5 Jan. 2026
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That could mean tightening sanctions on remaining power brokers, expanding strikes against security installations and militias, covertly supporting insurgent factions, and using Maduro’s prospective trial as a global stage on which to delegitimize Chavismo once and for all.—
Robert Muggah,
The Conversation,
4 Jan. 2026
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Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
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Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The original cover disappeared — in fact, was kept and sold clandestinely by a CBS executive for around $25,000 and later re-sold by Anonymous for over $250,000.—
David Zane Mairowitz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Surreptitiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surreptitiously. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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