Example Sentences

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The Oakland-based musician and filmmaker smuggles revolutionary ideas into his latest movie, an absurdist candy-colored romp about shoplifting and workers’ rights.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Treating occurrences as things that exist smuggles confusion into our language and concepts.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

Graham Norton once noted that "she uses humour like a Trojan horse, in which she smuggles in all sorts of difficult issues."

From BBC • May 26, 2024

Israeli leaders have cited security concerns, saying Hamas smuggles weaponry through the Gaza-Egypt border zone.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

He's the one who smuggles me my news stories, even a book every now and again, in exchange for helping him with this dark deed or that one.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland