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"Ninety-nine per cent of these young people on the street have no clue how the ministry of defence is operating, how the general staff is operating," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Discount brokers don’t like to talk about how many customers defy the odds, but Peterffy’s firm provided an intriguing clue via an advertisement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The team, led by University of Michigan astronomer Brooke Kotten, discovered an important clue in the star's chemical makeup.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

When I walked in, the only immediate clue that the doctor there had just won a much-contested congressional primary was a small cluster of campaign posters bearing his name behind the check-in desk.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

She took a few steps away from him, wishing that she had his aunt there, who apparently was the only Harari who had any clue what they were doing.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Ahead of the ECB’s rate decision, “markets will be very attentive to clues for September, which features updated forecasts,” analysts at KBC Bank said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Important clues emerged from earlier research by a team at HHU led by Professor Dr. Martin Beye of the Institute of Evolutionary Genetics.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

Family secrets and sibling drama: A reader is distraught that their siblings threw away their late father’s journals, which held clues about who he really was.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

Investors will be watching for any clues from ECB President Christine Lagarde in her post rate-call press conference about the path ahead for rates, although she is typically tight-lipped.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

We’d leave each other notes and scavenger hunt clues and other random stuff.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

How could the clueless become clued if their peers weren’t picking on their every lame move?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

I skipped the steps of the application process that would have clued the agency in on my lack of fitness for the position.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

An American tourist called Dorothy said she wasn't worried about visiting Angkor as she was clued in to travel logistics and border rules, saying she felt "very safe".

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

Trump needs to be clued in about California geography and its complex water system because he doesn’t seem to know California water from a sea otter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

Finally, some guy clued in and made a dive for the body on the floor.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Some still maintain that the Knicks’ envelope was frozen or had a bent corner, cluing in NBA Commissioner and native New Yorker David Stern as to which envelope to choose.

From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023

“I am also a man of two minds,” he continues, cluing us in to the truth that every immigrant sometimes feels like a double agent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

The Oscars once showed off the magic of movies: They presented lots of clips from the year’s best films, cluing audiences in on how movies are made.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022

Dolores, cluing in the hosts to their own exploitation and lack of freedom, is both avatar of revenge and leader of the class struggle.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020

Without cluing in Byrd or even Ray, Axel starts back up the driveway.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers