Example Sentences

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Already, the student underground has been smuggling copies from abroad into the country.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

The Khoulani family’s hometown, Daraya, was informed of the deaths of close to 1,000 of its residents, according to its exiled opposition council, which has been smuggling information out of the country through locals.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2018

The only growing industry has been smuggling gold from Congo, where Mr Nkurunziza is said to have allies in the remnants of the genocidal Hutu militias that fled Rwanda after the massacres there in 1994.

From Economist • May 17, 2018

An underground group has been smuggling everything from antibiotics to aspirin into the area using business channels, but it’s far from enough.

From Time • Mar. 12, 2014

If she has enough to pack into trunks, Laura, there has been smuggling going on in this house.”

From The Cheerful Smugglers by Preston, May Wilson