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insinuate

[in-sin-yoo-eyt] / ɪnˈsɪn juˌeɪt /




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The Degas’ whereabouts remained a mystery, but the case suggests that Doyle was learning how to insinuate himself in the blue-chip center of the art world, not merely on its fringes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

"I absolutely would not have gone through life having this on my chest if I knew that – and to insinuate that I did is disgusting," Platner said in a statement to the BBC.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2025

But maybe that wouldn’t have happened, Hutson said, if local officials had been more cooperative and criminal elements weren’t allowed to insinuate themselves so deeply into their communities in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2025

Reese also pointed to her ring finger in front of Clark to insinuate that she and LSU would be taking home the championship, which they did.

From Salon Apr. 15, 2024

“That’s ridiculous to even insinuate I’d believe in coincidences. What is a coincidence?”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

They listen to Pepsi-branded transistor radios, fence with disc jockey Murray the K, who insinuates himself into their inner sanctum.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2024

A wholly unexpected focus on those modest and hidden internal body parts in his neck insinuates Jerome’s interior anguish, an emotional experience that cannot be seen inside his head.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2024

Harding insinuates himself into Adil’s life to get closer to Ruhaba, who seems to recognize Harding’s attraction to her while keeping him at a collegial distance.

From Washington Post Feb. 15, 2023

Applying it to someone like Scaramucci insinuates a level of virulence, as if he's a flare-up of some disease that can never be fully eradicated.

From Salon Jan. 4, 2023

Some of the Tales are obviously modelled on those of Chaucer and Boccaccio, but in most of his, he insinuates a political or social moral, while they narrate the story for the story's sake.

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant

In an interview with an Argentine daily, Venezi, 36, insinuated that jobs in the opera orchestra were "practically passed down from father to son", angering musicians.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

"Constantly assuming new faces, it has insinuated itself into the heart of our societies, into every crack, too often accompanied by that same pact of cowardice: to keep silent, to refuse to see."

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

The best thing about “Lines of Resolution” is how powerfully it drives home that television has insinuated itself into every aspect of contemporary life.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18, 2025

Nunes’ attorneys claimed that Tapper insinuated that Nunes “has a depraved mind and that he acted immorally, fraudulently, unprofessionally, spread lies about Paul Pelosi, and disparaged and defamed Paul Pelosi.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2024

Tamar Lewin, who had insinuated herself in the world of teenage girls for a memorable chapter in the race series, knew from the beginning that she wanted to write about class divisions within families.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Waller had obliged, insinuating Warsh was importing outside authority to ratify long-held views and dressing them up as discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

He previously noted that the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics were a “guiding star” for his retirement, insinuating that he would likely hang up his racket following the games.

From MarketWatch Jan. 12, 2026

Not to be outdone, Johnson responded to the poop jet video by somehow insinuating there is an elevated meaning to it.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2025

This fits in with Kennedy's long-standing history of eugenics-tinged notions that disease is a good thing, falsely claiming that it strengthens the gene pool, and insinuating that it makes survivors stronger.

From Salon May 27, 2025

The stench was cruel, insinuating itself into the folds of his clothes.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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