clandestine
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Amid all the cleanup, little official attention has gone to the growing number of clandestine graves that groups of persistent, family-funded search teams have found in recent months.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
The first trial over his death was annulled last year following revelations that one of the judges took part in a clandestine documentary about the case.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
But a century after the term first emerged to describe the clandestine drinking dens of Prohibition, its meaning has blurred.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Forced to rethink how it sold its oil, Tehran accelerated the build-out of a clandestine trading network, according to U.S. officials and researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
"This was just one more clandestine meeting among several in a day," he said, "and the danger that I would be caught out was not very great."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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