under the radar
idiom
: not getting attention : unnoticed
He tried to stay under the radar as he went about his business.
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The association had worked with Ohio's health department and the CDC to sample the blood of veterinarians who treat cows at an annual conference late last year, looking for antibodies that would help answer an outstanding question: had bird flu cases infected veterinarians under the radar?
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
The social internet is incontrovertibly linked to commerce, with no end in sight, and most of the people using it casually for sales get a pass or fly under the radar.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
The Chiefs were still forming ideas for the 2017 NFL Draft, but Veach was well down the road in his excitement for a prospect flying largely under the radar.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
Watch Armageddon on fuboTV Sunshine Despite flying under the radar at the time of its release in 2007, Danny Boyle’s Sunshine has grown to become a sci-fi favorite in the years since.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
The social internet is incontrovertibly linked to commerce, with no end in sight, and most of the people using it casually for sales get a pass or fly under the radar.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
The Chiefs were still forming ideas for the 2017 NFL Draft, but Veach was well down the road in his excitement for a prospect flying largely under the radar.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
Watch Armageddon on fuboTV Sunshine Despite flying under the radar at the time of its release in 2007, Danny Boyle’s Sunshine has grown to become a sci-fi favorite in the years since.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Under the radar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20the%20radar. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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