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smuggle

[smuhg-uhl] / ˈsmʌg əl /


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Last month, Sri Lankan customs officials intercepted nine Chinese nationals attempting to smuggle used mobile phones and laptops in the hundreds, raising suspicion they were to be used in large-scale fraud operations.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Independent benchmarks confirm that Pangram outperforms every other detector tested and is robust against “humanizers,” or software designed to smuggle A.I. text past detectors.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

The books center on semiautobiographical poets and often smuggle in examples of their—that is, Mr. Lerner’s—work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Director David Borenstein thanked his co-director Pasha Talankin for his bravery in "sacrificing his entire life" to smuggle footage out of Russia.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

There was a nonpolitical prisoner among us, nicknamed Joe My Baby, who later joined the ANC and proved invaluable in helping us smuggle material in and out of prison.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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