innuendo
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In 1992, Pakistan's tour of England was overshadowed by allegations and innuendo.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Several critics noted that Lawson did not deliver as much innuendo as expected during her debut in the tent.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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
And by acting on his instincts—with Paramount’s backing—he created a clutch of movies still celebrated for their wit, charm, winking innuendo and sophistication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
He walked through life self-consciously with downcast eyes and burning cheeks, the object of contempt, envy, suspicion, resentment and malicious innuendo everywhere he went.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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
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
The narrative voice brims with innuendoes and habitual repetitions like “I know, I understand” and “God’s truth,” which imbue the character with an edgy eccentricity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2020
Watkins was untiring in his innuendoes, and in this he was aided to a considerable extent by the bitterness of the feeling between North and South.
From Mortmain by Arthur Cheny Train
An Alibaba Group spokesperson told AFP "the assertions and innuendos in the article are completely false".
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
The writing is punctuated by testy asides and innuendos about Villanueva foes, whom the report accuses of everything from extramarital affairs to ethical violations to new crimes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2024
"Since this investigation was leaked nearly a year ago, there has been an active smear campaign of anonymous sources and innuendos to create an air of impropriety where none exists."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
Yes, there were some fiery ads that were fine, but there were so many others that were full of lies, distortions, innuendos and threats.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
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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