Example Sentences

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Washington has not yet provided any evidence that the boats were smuggling narcotics or posed a threat to the United States.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

They were smuggling nourishment of an existential kind.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

Soon Fife and Corbett, who died in 2001, were smuggling Central Americans into the U.S. and sheltering them in their homes, despite their wives’ protests.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2021

“They were smuggling people as much for defiance as for sport,” said Robertson.

From Washington Times • Feb. 8, 2019

"But he didn't know any more than we did what they were smuggling."

From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John