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kept completely hidden from the public by high government officials
top secret documents The mission is top secret.
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Shyamalan is notorious for trying to keep the twists and turns in his plots top secret, and this film lives or dies on not knowing much going in, a bit of a hindrance in staying with the convoluted machinations of its dueling storylines in order to finally get the meat and bones of it all.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
Although certain aspects of Yellowstone's ending are being kept top secret, there is one part of the show's final episodes that is public knowledge: Kevin Costner will not reprise the role of family patriarch John Dutton.
—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
The winners are kept top secret, even to most ceremony planners.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 13 Sep. 2024
The relatively unknown and top secret presidential threat investigation was so sensitive that to date, it's never been publicly acknowledged – most such threat case investigations never are – but those who were involved have acknowledged that the investigation occurred.
—Richard M. Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
Although certain aspects of Yellowstone's ending are being kept top secret, there is one part of the show's final episodes that is public knowledge: Kevin Costner will not reprise the role of family patriarch John Dutton.
—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
The winners are kept top secret, even to most ceremony planners.
—Byhannah Richter, science.org, 13 Sep. 2024
The relatively unknown and top secret presidential threat investigation was so sensitive that to date, it's never been publicly acknowledged – most such threat case investigations never are – but those who were involved have acknowledged that the investigation occurred.
—Richard M. Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
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Adrian Fontes, the secretary of state of Arizona, says that confidential reports from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have convinced him that malicious foreign-influence operations are accelerating this year.Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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Under its terms, the nation’s largest retailer will be required to pay penalties for allegedly dumping in state landfills nearly 80 tons of hazardous waste and confidential customer information from its stores throughout the state.Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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The new option would exempt LP investments either below $2 million (including parallel or co-investments) or where the fund provides assurances that capital won’t be used in restricted transactions, so long as the LP’s rights are limited to a narrow set of minority protections.Courtney Fingar, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Liljegren, 25, signed a two-year, $6 million contract with Toronto as a restricted free agent this summer as the two sides avoided arbitration.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Our staff and testers A beauty product is a personal purchase.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
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Her struggles with losing her freedom, her dreams of becoming a doctor and her role as a mother are interwoven with the supernatural elements, making the horror both personal and political in this riveting piece of social commentary.Travis Bean, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Teixeira, who is now 22, was arrested in April and pleaded guilty in March to six counts of accessing and printing classified documents directly related to national defense.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Cannon has been heavily scrutinized by Trump’s critics over the past year for handing down rulings in his classified documents case that were unconventional, slow to arrive, or favorable to him.Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Oct. 2024
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In addition to his 20% stake in Kushner Companies, Jared owns nascent private equity firm Affinity Partners, which is backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund—enough to be worth at least $900 million, according to Forbes estimates.Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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In 2015, the police department suspended Truong’s outside work permit to investigate whether his management and ownership of a private security firm presented a conflict of interest that put him in competition with his employer.Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
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One of London’s most iconic esoteric shops, Watkins, has an entire section dedicated to cards, while Treadwell’s, another destination store for the occult, makes a trade out of unusual or collectable second-hand decks.Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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To that end, Bach often pursued esoteric symbolism and numerology, with vocal lines crossing in the music when Christ is mentioned, and the like.Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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