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clandestine

[klan-des-tin] / klænˈdɛs tɪn /


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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

They set up clandestine camera monitoring from a public location.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Sen. Frank Church of Idaho – held extensive hearings that included eye-opening testimony about clandestine U.S. intelligence activities abroad and domestically.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

Indeed, the world’s most high-stakes clandestine cat-and-mouse game is currently taking place in the race for artificial-intelligence supremacy.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

One Saturday afternoon, following one of our clandestine tennis lessons, he gave me fifty rands and a bag full of tennis clothes: sweaters, shorts, socks, shirts, dresses and warm-ups.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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