How to Use cloak-and-dagger in a Sentence

cloak-and-dagger

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  • This spy thriller's title isn't a cheeky play on words or clever pun tied to its cloak-and-dagger action.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But the cloak-and-dagger operation doesn’t go as Scanlon planned.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026
  • The audition was super-secret, really cloak-and-dagger.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Each of the first three episodes now available on Prime Video is an edge-of-your-seat ride through some kind of operation, ranging from military strikes to cloak-and-dagger spy ops.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • How The Realest, a barely three-year-old start-up, found its way into the inner sanctum of the defending Super Bowl champions is nearly as interesting as its cloak-and-dagger business, complete with proprietary invisible ink placed in a secret spot on select memorabilia by retired police officers.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The cloak-and-dagger planning strategy is all by design, according to luxury wedding planner Colin Cowie, who is not involved in Swift and Kelce’s wedding but has planned weddings for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck as well as Don Henley and Sharon Summerall, among others.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

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