covertly

Example Sentences

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Next, the drones and cabins needed to be moved covertly into Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Adversaries like Russian submarines operating covertly in or near British waters, suspected of working with spy ships to map the UK's vital undersea cables and pipelines.

From BBC

To procure such drones "the organisation employs foreign operatives who covertly purchase components in Europe and export them to Lebanon", prosecutors said.

From BBC

So many modern films and television shows made for children lure them into their worlds with smooth, fluid animation, using the stylistic softness to covertly impart some important lessons.

From Salon

Lawyers for the claimants successfully argued that new evidence had come to light, and they did not know how information was being covertly acquired at the time.

From BBC