allude
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She faces in the opposite direction of “Femme,” but the shape of her face and pointed nose, and the way her large hat exceeds the picture frame, allude to Matisse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The statement appears to allude to a number of high-profile dossiers handled by Khan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Mine,” in this sense, doesn’t simply allude to something Corvette will steal; she’s referring to all the invisible things that comprise a mass-produced product — the labor and energy and time.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
In its review, the Hechinger Report found other companies that similarly allude to fictitious government programs.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
I allude to the setting of steel traps for catching vermin.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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On TikTok and Instagram, a person's "aura" alludes to their style or attitude, with "100% aura" high praise for the most effortlessly cool persona.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The piñata functions as a focal point into the scene as a whole, and alludes to one of the biggest gathering cultures in L.A., a very joyous scene of celebration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
"Every pundit alludes to it, but it all comes down to mental resilience. 'Bazball' has been elevated to a term now that is just, like, nonsense cricket," added Rory.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
“Degen” is a term that alludes to degenerate gamblers and first gained popularity on Reddit to refer to investors who gravitate toward wildly risky strategies.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
Catullus tells several of the stories, and Horace alludes to them often, but neither is important for mythology.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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They’re helped out by credulous writers who’ve alluded to vague, anonymized conversations with people in the Bay Area about the same 10 percent probability of imminent extinction for a while now.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
In those letters, published by the Daily Beast, she has thanked the president for “always being there” for her and alluded to a “promise” Trump made to her after she lost her dad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Warsh alluded to this mechanism Wednesday: “Even while at some level we haven’t done much in 42 days, the markets have done quite a bit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The IMF pointed to the unsettled nature of the Mideast conflict and also alluded to a possible backlash against artificial intelligence that damages stock markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
He wrote Odes in honor of the victors in the games at the great national festivals of Greece, and in every one of his poems myths are told or alluded to.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Metaphorically alluding to the satirical newspaper “The Onion,” the narrator says that to pull off this operation, the team had to stick together like layers of an onion: “Never forget, onion is strength.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
While Apple customizes many components inside iPhones, Khan said, “there isn’t a lot of customization” for memory, alluding to the possibility that commodity Chinese memory chips could be used.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"It will be Africa's second world war," he said, alluding to the 1998-2003 Congo war that involved nine African nations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Next to me, Emmy whispered as the movie began, “They look even better than I imagined,” alluding to my bangs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“You’d better take the little umbrella, dear. It looks like rain,” said her mother, observing that she had on her new bonnet, but not alluding to the fact.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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