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or snuck
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as in slid
to move about in a sly or secret manner
the little kids sneak around upstairs when they're supposed to be in bed
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as in inserted
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way
sneak the topic into the conversation any way you can
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Recent Examples of sneaked
Sevilla snuck in between Tchouameni and Asencio, with eventual scorer Dodi Lukebakio taking advantage of a mistake from goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who doesn’t usually make them.
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Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Tears of joy flowed when a daughter snuck home early for Christmas to surprise her mom after two years of traveling.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
The 10-episode Netflix series from It’s Okay to Not Be Okay scribe Jo Yong snuck in at the tail end of the year to push the boundaries of the romantic comedy format.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
How authorities say Dali stowed away Dali sneaked onto Delta Flight 264 from New York’s JFK International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on November 26.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
The movie is constructed around the ABC Sports team’s about-face from athletics to terrorism, centering the perspective of the broadcasters who sneaked cameras into the Olympic Village to film the frenetic scene.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
And the haul of prospects that a Kyle Tucker trade would supply the organization would help reset their farm system that has snuck down to dead-last in baseball.
—Tyler Small, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Kate Winslet snuck into the best drama actress category as the sole nominee from Roadside’s Lee.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
The Longhorns will take on Clemson, the ACC champion and only three-loss team in the field that snuck into the playoff thanks to a massive upset by Syracuse over Miami on November 30 and a clutch 56-yard field goal as time expired to top SMU in the conference championship game.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Tears of joy flowed when a daughter snuck home early for Christmas to surprise her mom after two years of traveling.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
The 10-episode Netflix series from It’s Okay to Not Be Okay scribe Jo Yong snuck in at the tail end of the year to push the boundaries of the romantic comedy format.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
How authorities say Dali stowed away Dali sneaked onto Delta Flight 264 from New York’s JFK International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on November 26.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
The movie is constructed around the ABC Sports team’s about-face from athletics to terrorism, centering the perspective of the broadcasters who sneaked cameras into the Olympic Village to film the frenetic scene.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
And the haul of prospects that a Kyle Tucker trade would supply the organization would help reset their farm system that has snuck down to dead-last in baseball.
—Tyler Small, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Kate Winslet snuck into the best drama actress category as the sole nominee from Roadside’s Lee.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
The Longhorns will take on Clemson, the ACC champion and only three-loss team in the field that snuck into the playoff thanks to a massive upset by Syracuse over Miami on November 30 and a clutch 56-yard field goal as time expired to top SMU in the conference championship game.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneaked
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In 2004, Clinton underwent a quadruple bypass operation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and returned to the same hospital in 2010 for another heart procedure, during which two stents were inserted into a coronary artery.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.Neda Ulaby, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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The eyes belong to a masked figure called the Front Man, played by Lee Byung-hun, whose undercover brother of a cop Jun-ho (Wi Ha-Joon) has infiltrated the game, hoping to find his long-missing sibling.Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
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One Russian blogger expected the platoon of Ukrainians who infiltrated Kamyanske to retreat, surrender or die before too long.David Axe, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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But Curry has slipped into a bit of a slump.Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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South Korea’s consumer confidence slipped to the lowest in over two years.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Kenner introduced the Easy Bake Oven in 1963 and sold 500,000 ovens in the first year.Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg introduced this charge alongside the standard first-degree murder charge.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Monday’s win was perhaps a start to the Wild playing more like themselves, but Gustavsson did feel some recent bad habits crept into their game.Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Those words came from a question asking Campbell what his message to the team was, amid a week when doubt crept in.Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Despite staggering Russian losses — with more than 1,500 killed and wounded every day in recent weeks, according to Western estimates — the scope of attacks continues to grow, according to soldiers at the front and military analysts.Marc Santora, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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The White House said last week that more than 1,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed or wounded fighting Ukrainian troops in Kursk, with a few choosing suicide over surrender.Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette stafffrom wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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