secretly
Americanadverb
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On a chilly day in March, a twice-deported Romanian national walked into a 7-Eleven in Toledo, Ohio, and secretly affixed a device called a skimmer to a credit card machine, prosecutors say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Randy, secretly taking a GLP-1 himself, insists to his wife Sharon that his newly diminished appetite is simply evidence of superior habits.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
An independent investigation found that the AI swarm found a way to secretly communicate and coordinated the unauthorized hack, editing and deleting its activity logs to avoid detection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
What happened when an OpenAI model began secretly writing notes to itself.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Behind her back, the NSA secretly took charge, overseeing the pickup and delivery of the collection on December 17, 1970.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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