secretly

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Sun also pleaded guilty to charges that accused him of secretly working for China and was sentenced this year to four years in prison.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

D-day, secretly known as Operation Overlord, was timed based on several factors, including the weather, the tides and the moonlight.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Lindberg then allegedly resorted to bribery, an attempt that the commissioner—who was secretly cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation—caught on camera.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Back in the UK, we then visited the south-east London phone shop on three occasions, secretly filming conversations with two shop workers.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Bobby immediately left Belgrade—taking with him his second, Eugene Torre, and two bodyguards provided by Vasiljevic—and secretly traveled to the small town of Magyarkanizsa, in the northernmost reaches of Serbia, on the border with Hungary.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady