[Vocabulary] only under the dark ... of secrecy.

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Hello everyone,
In a video I heared this phrase
one that exists only under the dark....of secrecy.

I can't recognise what's the word in the blank it sounds like bale, pale or something else I don't know. Can anyone help?
Thank you very much.
 

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Hello everyone,
In a video I heared this phrase
one that exists only under the dark....of secrecy.

I can't recognise what's the word in the blank it sounds like bale, pale or something else I don't know. Can anyone help?
Thank you very much.
It is almost certainly "veil".
 

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It's not V sound. it's p or b
Can I post a Youtube link?
 

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Hey,

it is definitely "veil" like Bhaisahab said.
 

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Can anyone please confirm what shenfeng said. Thank you.
 
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