covert
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The third case involved covert surveillance at a hen harrier roost in the Yorkshire Dales where investigators captured evidence of a planned attempt to kill one of the UK's rarest birds of prey.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
He said that he had not worked for Moscow, but had carried out a covert operation in collaboration with a Western intelligence service.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Gravity shifts reveal changing mass on the planet’s surface, allowing the government to track everything from depleting global water tables to covert underground infrastructure.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
They were not exposing covert agents or leaking military plans.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
He had a strong jawline, fine, regular features, gray eyes verging into blue, and he drew covert glances from many of the young women sitting on the grass.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Romeo and Juliet
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Grade 9, List 3
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