allude
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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
To allude to Frank Sinatra, you did it your way.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
Although that project was scrapped, Variety magazine said the second season of The Studio will allude to the attempts to bring Madonna's story to the big screen.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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
These paintings, many completed after Ms. Emin’s cancer surgery, show a degree of artistic renewal and maturation that the exhibition’s title alludes to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Still, I appreciated how cinematographer Kevin Atkinson alludes to the dusty Kansas prairie with a shot of a beige strip mall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
But independent investment research provider Variant Perception alludes to a looming shift in market psyche as they reckon “the next couple of days will mark ‘peak uncertainty’ about the Iran war.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
The phrase subtly alludes to another meditation on unrealized genius, “Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,” from Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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
Trump on Wednesday alluded to threats to his life when speaking to reporters in Ankara, Turkey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an astute student of both politics and pop culture, has coyly alluded to the wedding chatter during press conferences.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
As I’ve alluded to earlier, my mother really has quite a swearing habit on her.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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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
UN chief Antonio Guterres, alluding to the Middle East war and its regional spillover, said the agreement was a rare positive development.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
She decided to share a video online and many women contacted her with similar stories, alluding that this is a wider issue throughout Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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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