clandestine
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Clandestine action—the stuff of thrillers and Hollywood hits—has traditionally served a less colorful policy purpose, somewhere between diplomacy and war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Clandestine recording was also a habit of Triet’s, as it happens.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023
Near the end of the auction, Daniel Hoffman, a former CIA Clandestine Services officer, unveiled a Ukrainian flag signed by Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, and a Ukrainian national team soccer jersey.
From Washington Times • May 22, 2023
Twitter later suspended the War Clandestine account, plus a second one by the same user for trying to evade the ban, but people continued posting screen recordings of the thread online.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022
Mrs. Delany then told her I had been reading "The Clandestine Marriage" to her, which the queen had recommended, and she thanked her majesty for the very great pleasure she had received from it.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny
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