secret history
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The files, many of them only recently made public, reveal a secret history of how the nation got to where it is now.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2023
That summer, he began to read the secret history of the Vietnam War.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023
I uncovered extracts from the transcript of an interview given by Barclays cash trader Peter Johnson whilst researching a book I have written about the secret history of the interest rate rigging scandal.
From BBC • May 22, 2023
Mars may have harbored life at some point, and more intense study of the planet might eventually reveal that secret history.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022
The history of the clown’s underpants is a secret history and I will never tell it.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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