intimate
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That’s part of what makes “Hurricane Seasons,” an intimate new independent film about a Puerto Rican family returning home, feel so timely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The 64-year-old “Ace Ventura” star married Ah in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles, with a representative for the actor confirming the nuptials to People.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
If audiences already know the intimate details of how a very real public leak, whistle-blow, or scandal came together, what’s left for them to learn by fictionalizing it all?
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Two sources who said they had intimate knowledge of the operation told the BBC that US authorities stopped digging before the search had been completed, possibly because of security concerns.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Texts from The Taker way, way late at night, ones she jokes about the next day, but that feel cryptic and intimate: Why does it seem like a forest keeps secrets?
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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Although called a “Pietà,” it was not a depiction of Christ mourned by his intimates, but rather a “Man of Sorrows”—the dead Savior, half-length, with youthful angels—a timeless image designed for contemplation and meditation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Eventually, technology allows these distant intimates to share a frame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
These are intentionally not the Kennedy family’s stories or takes from their intimates, but the people who had enough of a professional closeness to be at hand when the assassination happened.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2023
“There is something in a landscape like that which humbles you and intimates to you that there’s something very big out there, and this thing has an awful lot of power,” says Lindahl.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 13, 2023
What feelings so unruly they dare not reveal to other intimates?
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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"I didn't want her to feel intimated and, within a few minutes, she popped up onto the window ledge on her side so she could get closer to us."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
They also expressed doubt that the Venezuelan oil producer, led by businessman Alejandro Betancourt, could quickly scale up production to the heights the Trump administration has intimated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
He intimated he has "14-15" players in mind to start the game but will use the matches versus New Zealand and Costa Rica to decide his first tournament team.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
He looks like a walking ad for the designer Todd Snyder, and it’s also intimated that he’s bisexual.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
When the cheering had died down, Napoleon, who had remained on his feet, intimated that he too had a few words to say.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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The chair indicates “throne,” the austere clock adds a symbolic note of sober timeliness, as well as intimating life’s inevitable transience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
"It's right that we take our time to wait for the report," she said, intimating that she would not be voting for the amendment.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
Asked by other players what she was doing, she shouted, “Look at me, look at me,” intimating she couldn’t do much about it.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
He played intense, intimating characters so often, but I think the trick is finding the levity inside the intensity.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023
He was intimating that physics at Berkeley might have to continue without Robert Oppenheimer.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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