smuggling

Example Sentences

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Despite U.S. efforts to suffocate the smuggling, Tehran reaped around $31 billion in oil revenue from China last year, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a Congressional group.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

After his return, federal prosecutors charged him with human smuggling over a 2022 incident in Tennessee where he was found to have several people in his car during a traffic stop.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

In dismissing the human smuggling charges, Crenshaw said "the evidence before this court sadly reflects an abuse of prosecuting power."

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The most extreme Diet Coke drinkers—in hypercommitment to their cause—have taken to smuggling personal caches into international markets where Coke Zero has become the default low-calorie soda.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

“Jonah was adopted through a reputable adoption agency—we had no contact with any smuggling rings! We—we didn’t pay anything! Except the regular adoption fee . . . but—but everyone pays that!”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix