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“surreptitious” pronunciation in British and American English

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  1. very surreptitious manner.

    The Scottish Parliament

  2. Is there some kind of surreptitious radio signal passing between them.

    Big Think

  3. And Husserl came up with this idea of the surreptitious substitution.

    Lex Fridman

  4. of it already it sweeps away these um stolen them surreptitious copies

    Société Française Shakespeare

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