Example Sentences

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After a visit home, I returned to campus with a stockpile, like a confectionery smuggler crossing state lines with sugary contraband stuffed between sweatshirts in my suitcase.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

This time, though, the SBU was the smuggler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Just a week earlier, customs officials said they had arrested another smuggler carrying snakes, tortoises and a raccoon.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

They had heard of a U.S. employer who, having lost so many workers to immigration raids, was offering to pay a smuggler to bring people across the border.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Lourdes does consider hiring a smuggler to bring the children but fears the danger.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario