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implicate

[im-pli-kayt] / ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt /


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"While environmental factors could have played a role, our findings most directly implicate the chytrid fungus, revealing that regional invasion of the pathogen coincided with these unexplained amphibian disappearances," Boyette said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

These threats implicate the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of assembly as well as of freedom of speech.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Roughly 173,000 documents released Tuesday, and additional ones which will be published online in waves over the next 12 months, could implicate two former New York mayors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

He added that McCullagh's attempt to implicate an innocent third party - Natalie's ex-boyfriend - was another factor.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

White would need to tie up these loose ends, but at last a witness had emerged who could directly implicate Hale in the plot.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Although the evidence strongly implicates chytrid in the historic declines at Boracéia, the researchers caution that their findings apply to this particular location.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Once a right is established through state law,” Flores argues, “a deprivation of the right implicates federal procedural due process protection.”

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026

No evidence has been released that implicates Zelensky personally in graft or any other criminal activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

It implicates Senussi, Masud and the two Libyans who faced trial over Lockerbie at a Scottish Court in the Netherlands more than 20 years ago.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025

Booth also has left behind clues—among them a business card bearing the name J. Harrison Surratt and a letter from Samuel Arnold, who had been part of the kidnapping plot, that implicates Michael O’Laughlen.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Notably fine work in other roles comes from Thom Sesma, as an officer also implicated in the killing, and Mr. Schley, whose Dawson has a moving gravity and moral fortitude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

However, Juve, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina were all implicated in influencing referees.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Knight from 1977, the court ruled that the denial of a press pass implicated a First Amendment liberty interest.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

“There is a theoretically plausible benefit in that the vaccine does target IL-6, and IL-6 is implicated in heart disease, in the greater likelihood of having heart-disease events,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Isaac Dailey, who had been falsely accused by Myers of committing the Pittman murder, explained how Myers had falsely implicated Walter in the Pittman crime.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Eleven Chinese nationals arrested separately in the online scam crackdown mysteriously walked free from a Madagascar jail in August in a widely publicised scandal allegedly implicating the head of the prison service.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson said the agency had investigated claims against Collins years ago “and ultimately found nothing implicating Senator Collins or Senator Collins’ campaign.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Walters’ supporters further argue that Oxford’s statements implicating Walters—as well as Travis’ testimony against him—were tainted, the result of the men being coerced by police and angling for lighter sentences.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

This has led to research implicating the microbiome in everything from Crohn's disease to cancer to mental health.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

The risk of implicating ourselves in Katz’s death was too great.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros


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