keep in the dark
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Phoenix speaks in halting sentences, protective of a process that he’d like to keep in the dark.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
She did, after all, spend years in prison for exposing secrets the government would have preferred to keep in the dark.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2018
Uber would then obfuscate its code for people within that geofenced area, essentially drawing a digital lasso around those it wanted to keep in the dark.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2017
Gabriel we have endeavoured to keep in the dark, though we cannot prevent her from knowing that there is something amiss.
From The Mystery of Cloomber by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The boatman would be sure to start some gossip that probably would reach the ears of the very persons we want to keep in the dark as much as possible.”
From Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation by Francis, Stella M.
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