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clandestine

[klan-des-tin] / klænˈdɛs tɪn /


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McDonald's assessment was echoed by Marc Polymeropoulos, a 26-year veteran of the CIA who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan and oversaw clandestine missions around the world.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Joe Biden’s clandestine 2023 train trip to Ukraine involved a false public schedule, but it also included two journalists—and everyone else found out about it as soon as Biden arrived.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

He counsels them not to be afraid, even after early clandestine operations injure first the narrator, then Gavriel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Most vessels are now using channels approved by Iran “or other clandestine routes, while traffic through the Omani waters has effectively dried up,” they wrote.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 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




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