harboring

Example Sentences

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She confessed to harboring a top-secret method that has never failed her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Carreras accused the Navy of harboring a "culture of silence"

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The volunteers faced charges, including “abandonment of property” and felony harboring, though the convictions for some were later overturned.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Justly or not, it’s tough to emerge on the other side of “Reality Check” without harboring the impression that the “Top Model” creator deserves a seat on a nitro-boosted express train to the hot place.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

“I’m the conservation officer. You’re harboring an endangered species—a peregrine falcon.”

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George