behind-the-scenes
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They showed that, behind the scenes, there had been serious attempts by the US legal authorities to get Andrew to testify about what he knew about Epstein.
From BBC
Behind the scenes, D’Amaro looked for ways to get more money from wealthier visitors and maintain cheaper options for people willing to come on weekdays or wait in longer lines, people who worked with him said.
He maintains a popular account on Instagram, where he gives his 173,000 followers a more casual look behind the scenes than they are used to from Disney’s tightly controlled publicity machine.
U.S. and Colombian officials, who had worked for months behind the scenes to engineer a reset with one of Washington’s most important security partners, appeared to breathe a sigh of relief.
"It's lovely. You can tell that they tried to keep it on the down low in front of all the team-mates mates, but I'm sure behind the scenes, at home, their parents are as proud as punch," Farrell told reporters.
From Barron's
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