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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

Federal authorities charged a Daly City man in an international trafficking plot to smuggle nearly 300 poached loggerhead musk turtles from Florida to Taiwan.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Last month, Sri Lankan customs officials intercepted nine Chinese nationals attempting to smuggle used mobile phones and laptops in the hundreds, raising suspicion they were to be used in large-scale fraud operations.

From Barron's ● May 17, 2026

The first policeman says, “You told the museum he has managed to smuggle out two letters?”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The Oakland-based musician and filmmaker smuggles revolutionary ideas into his latest movie, an absurdist candy-colored romp about shoplifting and workers’ rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other metals out of eastern DR Congo and sells them as its own.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025

“Everyone smuggles food out of kitchens. I mean what else are you going to make? Unless it’s smuggled food,” she said.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024

“He smuggles in bread sometimes and sells it—for a price. I’ll buy us a little something to eat. You’ve saved us, Yanek!”

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

"Most of these smuggled animals will be in a weak condition... some are given sedatives or even mild anesthetic to keep them from moving or making noise," Thanawadee said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 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

The Wall Street Journal’s Dasl Yoon and a former North Korean soldier examine a smartphone that was smuggled out of the world’s most reclusive nation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Pesticides prohibited in Kenya are sometimes smuggled across this porous border with Tanzania and used in farms within the Amboseli area, where elephants live near human settlements and are known to raid farms for food.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

“I’ll tell you about it,” Reynie said, handing him a roll, “but first you should eat. I smuggled some food for you.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

Georgia’s Department of Corrections has arrested 18 staff and 92 civilians this year for smuggling contraband into prisons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Miller has directed officials to increase investigations into migrant smuggling networks, people familiar with his directives said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

A drop in small boats illegally reaching the UK is forcing people smuggling gangs to adopt new tactics, a BBC investigation has found.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

He was brought into the plot for his encyclopedic knowledge of the smuggling routes from Washington, D.C., into the Deep South.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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