covertly

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Especially for Jay, whose subplot concerns his desire for a musical career apart from this partnership, and includes him covertly planning to perform at an open-mic event in far-off Ottawa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

When the two appear in court on Wednesday, police will allege they worked with a Chinese national charged last August for covertly gathering information on the Guan Yin Citta Buddhist group in Australia's capital, Canberra.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

I speak, of course, of the, uh, rising Winter Olympic panic that male ski jumpers, hoping to improve aerodynamics and, um, lengthen their jumps, may be covertly:

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Previously, they would have chosen to deal with them covertly, suggesting a greater determination to publicise the espionage threat from China.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Instead, I drink some hot chocolate and covertly spy on a group of older guys to my left.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson