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Recent Examples of clandestinely
Other examples of politically motivated pirate radio can be found around the world, some of them clandestinely backed by governmental intelligence agencies, but many of them existing as truly grassroots endeavors.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
The audio recordings, shared by outlets including VSquare, Frontstory, Delfi Estonia, the Insider, and the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak, seem to have been clandestinely gathered.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
Many of them, like Lavrov, had to leave clandestinely because getting out with Russian permission is nearly impossible.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Penrose also participated in multiple attempts to clandestinely seize voting machines, including in Michigan, where prosecutors accused him of breaking into some of the machines.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2026
Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Before the game, activists clandestinely distributed 15,000 of them to fans entering Levi’s Stadium for the Super Bowl, seeding grassroots support toward a performer who spoke up for Latinos and immigrants at the Grammy Awards last week.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Panahi has been arrested multiple times and imprisoned twice by Iranian authorities for making revelatory, clandestinely shot films like This Is Not a Film and Taxi.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 5 Feb. 2026
Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.
—Dallas Morning News, 11 Jan. 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
The audio recordings, shared by outlets including VSquare, Frontstory, Delfi Estonia, the Insider, and the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak, seem to have been clandestinely gathered.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
Many of them, like Lavrov, had to leave clandestinely because getting out with Russian permission is nearly impossible.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Penrose also participated in multiple attempts to clandestinely seize voting machines, including in Michigan, where prosecutors accused him of breaking into some of the machines.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2026
Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Before the game, activists clandestinely distributed 15,000 of them to fans entering Levi’s Stadium for the Super Bowl, seeding grassroots support toward a performer who spoke up for Latinos and immigrants at the Grammy Awards last week.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Panahi has been arrested multiple times and imprisoned twice by Iranian authorities for making revelatory, clandestinely shot films like This Is Not a Film and Taxi.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 5 Feb. 2026
Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.
—Dallas Morning News, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clandestinely
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To help pay the informants covertly, prosecutors say SPLC illegally set up shell accounts in order to funnel funds their way -- with a total of more than $3 million going to informants between 2014 and 2023.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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To critics, this kind of tangled spending dynamic reflects an increasingly secretive web of money built to covertly distribute money from billionaire donors.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Rarely before has a name so perfectly captured the look and feel of an endeavor that has, almost surreptitiously, dug its way into a space where it’s not supposed to be.—
Carl Juste,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Katas wan't recording in the front seat, so Christine, seated beside the wives in the back, surreptitiously pulled out her phone to record Bateman.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Clandestinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clandestinely. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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