keep under wraps
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She’s bearing witness to a human dilemma our culture would prefer to keep under wraps, but Ortega might just as easily be doing an audio essay or podcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
She had been reading studies and articles that showed psychedelic patients revealing truths they wanted to keep under wraps.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2024
But they have a crime problem of their own that they want to keep under wraps.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2023
"They've got a rapid buildup that is kind of too substantial to keep under wraps," a senior U.S. defense official said during a news briefing on the Pentagon's annual report on China's military.
From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2022
Like the Nightbeast attacks in Boggs Ferry, which they wanted to keep under wraps until the monstruo was stronger, so that the Gran would be no match for it.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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