secret
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Devi has used many years’ worth of meager birthday savings to send away for college-admissions materials, which she has cherished “like secret and holy things” and stowed carefully under her cot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Landry, for his part, seemed proud of his office’s ability to keep a secret.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
There is no secret, really, more than a succession of small steps.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Steinem was on her way to India, and her doctor, she writes, made her promise two things: that she would keep his identity secret and that she would do what she wanted with her life.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
Did she mean that she went to their houses and played cat’s cradle, or went out for walks with them, or to secret parties at night?
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
That ended with a multi-billion-dollar settlement and court case that spilled some of the family's secrets into the public domain.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
But that is changing, and lately the company’s lounge ambitions have been one of the worst-kept secrets in aviation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The aftermath leads to revelations about her private life and the secrets of the supposedly upstanding adults in her world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
For Evans, as a doctor, the key is not keeping secrets, especially when it comes to side effects "because they can be serious".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Like an island in the city, the massive park held secrets that only a few of us knew.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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