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Two months before that, authorities arrested a man after concluding he had smuggled six birds in his boots and six more in his car — two of them dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

But 35-year-old Talankin's film -- based on hours of footage he had smuggled out of Russia -- beat the odds and took home the statuette instead on Sunday.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

A UN expert group said in December 2024 that the M23 had smuggled coltan to Rwanda from DR Congo.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

By the time he was released in 2004, he had smuggled out 300 paintings and sculptures that he had produced while in prison.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2022

The Bible that Nollie had smuggled to her she had torn up and passed around, book by book.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom