clandestinely
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More than 3,000 migrants died in 2025 while attempting to reach Spain clandestinely, according to the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
“I had not actually seen Rasoulof’s film because when we make films clandestinely, we don’t talk about them, even with our close friends,” he explains.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
He was released in 2023, and now playing in select theaters is his first film since then, the clandestinely produced, Palme d’Or-winning “It Was Just an Accident.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
To fight an elusive enemy operating clandestinely at night and from hideouts deep in swamps and jungles, the U.S. military turned to environmental modification technologies.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025
In the old days there were no television cameras, and most ANC press conferences were conducted clandestinely.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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