clandestine

Example Sentences

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In February 2023, he took a “risky, physically demanding, clandestine trip” to war-torn Ukraine—“further evidence that in spite of his age he was still very much up to the job.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

He’s even heard rumors, from supporters of his work, that some restaurants in Rio serve capybara meat to certain customers as a clandestine menu item.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

The panel also criticised the club's "deplorable approach in its use of junior members of staff" to "conduct the clandestine observation".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Amid all the cleanup, little official attention has gone to the growing number of clandestine graves that groups of persistent, family-funded search teams have found in recent months.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

And his conduct in providing clandestine instructions to Adams’s cabinet undermined the constitutional authority of the executive branch in ways that would have landed him in jail in modern times.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis