in secret
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The Blues admitted making £47m in secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties over transfers between 2011 and 2018.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The girls -- who help others in their building with their homework -- have recently started going to classes outside in secret.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
What really angered stakeholders, however, was Infantino’s brazen move to develop the FFE in secret, only to have its details leak out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
A will can be made and a will can be changed, and it can be done in secret, without a spouse’s knowledge or consent.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The poor bird had been picturing all the fights —almost certainly picturing them quite wrong: nourishing a starved heart on secondhand accounts in secret: wondering whose token was in the place of honour today.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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