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Two sources who said they had intimate knowledge of the operation told the BBC that US authorities stopped digging before the search had been completed, possibly because of security concerns.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Department of Homeless Services and Housing would be asked for an assessment of what additional resources would be necessary to provide emergency beds for all people fleeing intimate partner violence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Thoughtfully positioned to embrace its extraordinary surroundings, the home offers an intimate connection to the coastline while maintaining a level of seclusion that is increasingly difficult to find.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

The cover of Maria Riva’s biography—which labeled it “The Life: By Her Daughter”—lets you know this will be an intimate view of the German-American actress’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The instant his unprepossessing head emerged into daylight, sunlight, Franny took him under the shoulders and lifted him up into intimate greeting distance.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Although called a “Pietà,” it was not a depiction of Christ mourned by his intimates, but rather a “Man of Sorrows”—the dead Savior, half-length, with youthful angels—a timeless image designed for contemplation and meditation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Keck’s horizontal equestrian sculpture, which intimates occupation of the land, became Walker’s vertical, a grotesque standing humanoid, disemboweled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

These are intentionally not the Kennedy family’s stories or takes from their intimates, but the people who had enough of a professional closeness to be at hand when the assassination happened.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2023

“There is something in a landscape like that which humbles you and intimates to you that there’s something very big out there, and this thing has an awful lot of power,” says Lindahl.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 13, 2023

What feelings so unruly they dare not reveal to other intimates?

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

During discussions aimed at checking the financial conditions of a deal for Guimaraes, it is understood a fee of around £60m was initially intimated with the 28-year-old's representatives.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

He looks like a walking ad for the designer Todd Snyder, and it’s also intimated that he’s bisexual.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

“He actually intimated that he might not be able to do it this year,” Winston says of the comedian and former “Daily Show” host.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

The local police union meanwhile intimated that Smith’s Dec. 8 resignation was timed to duck further questioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

When the cheering had died down, Napoleon, who had remained on his feet, intimated that he too had a few words to say.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

The chair indicates “throne,” the austere clock adds a symbolic note of sober timeliness, as well as intimating life’s inevitable transience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

The first paragraph argues that there is no “clause intimating it to be a compact.”

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023

"It's right that we take our time to wait for the report," she said, intimating that she would not be voting for the amendment.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

Asked by other players what she was doing, she shouted, “Look at me, look at me,” intimating she couldn’t do much about it.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

He was intimating that physics at Berkeley might have to continue without Robert Oppenheimer.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik