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allude

[uh-lood] / əˈlud /


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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

In a statement that didn’t allude to the move, the Central Bank of Iraq said it wasn’t short of U.S. currency.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

If she decided someone should be expelled, for example, and she sensed opposition, she’d just allude darkly to stuff she knew “from before.”

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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

"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

In the body of the book, he alludes to the subject, promising to tell more later.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 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

As Iraola alluded to after, perhaps one of his players should have had the know how to commit a foul in that situation but Liverpool were punished again.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

He alluded to rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, who have called for tighter controls on the technology.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

As Musk alluded to, if SpaceX hands out compute like candy, then things could get tight.

From MarketWatch Jun. 27, 2026

At a press briefing Saturday, Ms. Sherrill alluded to Minneapolis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

During a May conference at Caltech honoring the visiting Niels Bohr, he alluded to the lightweight neutron while describing the disintegration of eight heavy targets, up to aluminum, by deuton bombardment.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

"There's a limit to what companies can absorb," Rainey told CNBC, alluding to the $2 billion impact.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 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

This new space contrasts a bright, vivid backdrop with dark furnishings, alluding to the brand’s edgy, crisp designs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Coffin was especially interested in alluding to the work of special effects master Ray Harryhausen, who created the creepy hovering aircraft in 1956’s “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Jackson introduced them by alluding to their goal of making atom bombs cleaner, reporting “the gleam in the scientists’ eye of making them almost like Ivory Soap”—then adding wryly: “but not quite.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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