secret
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He was flagged as a security threat in a secret French government database of people deemed to be extremists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
"We needed rain in July or August," he said of the spots where he usually hunts -- the precise location of which he keeps a closely guarded secret even from his wife.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Dutch prosecutors said capturing Leijdekkers was their "highest priority" and any information shared would be kept secret.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
According to the paper, Celebrity Traitors star "King Kenny spent two secret nights at Maya Jama's £1.5 million flat".
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
And it was true, she never, ever gossiped about someone else’s secret.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
“Our regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information — not sensitive Nvidia trade secrets — and zero information relevant to national security,” the spokesperson said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Who knows what other secrets these waters hold.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
The chancellor's aides are using intelligence-style security measures to guard its secrets: the Budget has been split into "compartments" with very few given access to all of them.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Balesni said he also shared the proposal, stripped of company secrets, with Greenblatt after receiving authorization from OpenAI to speak with him about it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Here he was, staring at a door that maybe hid all the secrets of his life.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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