implicate
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“For the first time in this litigation, the government argues that civil detention ‘does not implicate any fundamental rights’ and so the Due Process Clause affords the detained men no protections—substantive or procedural,” they wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
“From what I know of my dad, there’s no train of logic to follow that would implicate him in this potential federal investigation,” she told CNN.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
The 49-year-old has vowed to implicate officials in the current government in the case.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
The files do not implicate Clinton in any wrongdoing; he has not been accused of misconduct by Epstein's victims who have come forward so far, and there is no proof he knew of his crimes.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
The last thing I needed was to somehow implicate Denna in all this.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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But this division also implicates the nongladiatorial Roman citizens of all social strata.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
“That implicates the 1st Amendment rights of adults who may not want to have their driver’s license uploaded to this site that relates to gay and bisexual relationships.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025
Crucially, it further implicates the outstanding suspects and opens up evidential opportunities.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
China rejected the accusation, and experts say that Palau has not presented any evidence that implicates Beijing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
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
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This brain structure has been historically implicated in emotional regulation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Nervous consumers are also avoiding berries and herbs, which have indentations that can trap microscopic parasites, though they haven’t been implicated in the recent outbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The CJP has set up a legal fund to help meet the expenses of protesters implicated in criminal cases by the police, Saurav Das, another spokesperson for the youth-led movement, said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The regulatory agency continues to work with Taylor Farms to ensure “product implicated in this outbreak has been removed from the market,” the regulatory agency stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
None of Booth’s conspirators knew it, but Booth had already implicated all of them!
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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“The visual graphic, which was widely circulated online, was mismatched with the table of results, thus implicating both of our formulas,” Bauer said.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
Mr. Fatafteh confessed to the crime and his DNA was found as implicating evidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
This has led to research implicating the microbiome in everything from Crohn's disease to cancer to mental health.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
They said there was no other evidence implicating Duran, and he had an alibi: He’d been with his girlfriend and her mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
He was in the public dock, confessing everything, implicating everybody.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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