secret

Example Sentences

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While secret dating has long been a reality, the cost of getting caught by agents from Saudi Arabia’s religious police, who once but no longer frequently roamed the streets, turned young lovers away.

From The Wall Street Journal

A first probe was opened in January over his secret meeting with a Chinese businessman who won government tenders.

From Barron's

Bridger was described by those who knew him as "always confident, courteous and charming" but when police seized his computer, a sordid secret was revealed.

From BBC

The new investigation comes hot on the heels of an earlier probe launched in January over his secret meeting with a Chinese businessman who has contacts with the government.

From Barron's

But these tend to be closely guarded secrets.

From The Wall Street Journal