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smuggle

[smuhg-uhl] / ˈsmʌg əl /


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Do not smuggle in assumptions from the past.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Like finding out that people were literally trying to smuggle giant vats of ranch,” said Stacy Stokes, the brand’s vice president of marketing and sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

He adds that he believes groups linked to the regime are now trying to smuggle more fuel to take advantage of rising prices caused by the war.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Many said they planned to conceal the symbol to smuggle it into the stadium.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Outside Seoul, I talked to a North Korean defector who had paid twelve thousand dollars to a broker to smuggle out her eleven-year-old son in 2002.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Neither simplistically optimistic nor preachy, “Hoppers” smuggles timely ideas inside a rodent body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

Treating occurrences as things that exist smuggles confusion into our language and concepts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

Graham Norton once noted that "she uses humour like a Trojan horse, in which she smuggles in all sorts of difficult issues."

From BBC ● May 26, 2024

Israeli leaders have cited security concerns, saying Hamas smuggles weaponry through the Gaza-Egypt border zone.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2024

He's the one who smuggles me my news stories, even a book every now and again, in exchange for helping him with this dark deed or that one.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Six years ago, 26 rare reptiles - 10 of them dead - smuggled inside parcels of toys and sweets from Mexico, were found by customs officials at Cologne Bonn Airport.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Jeremy told the Supreme Court: "There was no reason why, if Ben Field had smuggled Dalmane into Peter Farquhar's food or drink that night, he would have restricted himself to a therapeutic dose."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Traffickers have shifted from major gateways like Le Havre in Normandy to smaller ports to evade controls, while airliners bring additional supplies smuggled from French Guiana and French islands in the Caribbean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

As a young man, by his account, he smuggled diamonds, oversaw coconut plantations, dynamited fish, captained schooners and hunted killer cannibals in the New Guinea jungle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

This map was smuggled out to the movement with instructions to destroy it immediately after it was perused.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

I have personal experience of anti–drug smuggling efforts in the Caribbean.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

It is unclear why the vessel was in the area or whether it was part of a human smuggling operation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The prosecutor added that phone smuggling in London was "prolific" and a "very significant societal problem".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

In his most recent essay, Amodei reiterated cracking down on unauthorized distillation in countries, such as China, and on chip smuggling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Like they’d been caught smuggling diamonds instead of just kissing.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon


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