secretive
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Before a lunch at Zhongnanhai, the secretive headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party, Trump asked Xi if he was special for getting to visit the compound.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
“People are very secretive about their ramp spots,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The groups are "explicitly militant" and "not secretive", he adds.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The Solomon Islands are seen as one of China's closest partners and backers in the South Pacific, and they signed a secretive security pact in 2022.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Or there, almost invisible against a leaf, is the lacewing, with green gauze wings and golden eyes, shy and secretive, descendant of an ancient race that lived in Permian times.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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