secret
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Although college programs dedicate countless man-hours to cracking any secret in their opponents’ plans, turning the magnifying glass toward their own habits is a far greater challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
National-brand manufacturers may or may not want to make private-label products for stores, but it’s an open industry secret that they often do.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Harry Kane was hardly a secret at Tottenham, right?
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
There, he served on a secret National Security Council task force on U.S. control of Greenland, a role first reported by The New Yorker.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
I was sliding the secret panel down behind her when a slim white-haired man burst into the room.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“When he talks about a parent has a right to know now only if they ask, how do you know you’re being lied to or secrets being kept?,”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dan Kois visited the company’s headquarters to learn the secrets of its success.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Prosecutors suspect the man, detained while leaving for Beijing in May, was siphoning secrets to a Chinese company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Atletico Madrid forward showed very little indication that he was willing to join Arsenal; his preference to join Barcelona was one of the worst-kept secrets of the window.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
I finally knew all the secrets of this case.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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