smuggled

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Two months before that, authorities arrested a man after concluding he had smuggled six birds in his boots and six more in his car — two of them dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

The Information said in December, citing six people with knowledge of the matter, that DeepSeek developed V4 using thousands of chips dismantled in third countries and smuggled to China.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

NCA investigators estimated the pair may have smuggled thousands of people into and across Europe over two years, making huge profits in the process.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

All that survived intact of the family’s former treasures were the netsuke, which were smuggled out of the family’s mansion by a loyal maid and returned to the family after the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

In 1973, in a smuggled newspaper, we read about the wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, and the story detailed the bridal luncheon of rare and delicate dishes.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela