innuendo
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Cipriani, a self-professed fixer, whistleblower and professional gambler who had been spreading innuendo about Shell on social media, according to court filings in a continuing legal dispute between the men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Online fanatics of true crime have parsed through information about the Nancy Guthrie case, filling in the limited details with rumor, innuendo and conspiracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
Owens’ story is backed by innuendo, exaggerations, outright falsehoods, and, in several instances, messages delivered through Owens’ own dreams.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
In 2011, when he was a business minister, Sir Ed said Andrew was doing an "excellent job" as trade envoy and dismissed concerns around him at the time as "innuendo".
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
"The Red Cross is coming to pay us a visit," says the commandant in a tone dripping with innuendo.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Madariaga had concluded Columbus was a Jew, said Morison, “by fashioning a significant pattern of hypothesis and innuendoes unsupported by anything so vulgar as fact.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
His dismissed the prosecution’s case as nothing more than “theories, hypotheses, innuendoes, assumptions, gut feelings, hairs on the back of your neck.”
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
The episode was awarded four stars by the Independent's Michael Hogan, who said was served up with "its innuendoes and irresistible sense of fun, and new host Alison Hammond's influence is already clear".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023
On Elara, Adani has said "innuendoes" that the firm was in any manner related to the conglomerate founders were incorrect.
From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2023
I don't pretend to understand your innuendoes, but let that pass.
From The Bushranger's Secret by Mrs. Henry Clarke
An Alibaba Group spokesperson told AFP "the assertions and innuendos in the article are completely false".
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
Mr Cohen wrote to Hicks that the story was "lots of innuendos with little facts".
From BBC ● May 3, 2024
“To address these false accusations, defamatory statements and innuendos I have filed a lawsuit against both DEF CON Communications and Jeff Moss.”
From The Verge ● Aug. 18, 2022
Kirkwood, a talented British playwright who came into prominence with her 2013 play “Chimerica,” supplies hints and innuendos where other writers would provide straightforward exposition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
Me: “‘I do not know which to prefer, / The beauty of inflections / Or the beauty of innuendos, / The blackbird whistling / Or just after.’”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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