allude
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The statement appears to allude to a number of high-profile dossiers handled by Khan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Mine,” in this sense, doesn’t simply allude to something Corvette will steal; she’s referring to all the invisible things that comprise a mass-produced product — the labor and energy and time.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
The notebooks do allude to the depression of his wife, Francine Faure, occasioned by his serial infidelity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
In its review, the Hechinger Report found other companies that similarly allude to fictitious government programs.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
He began to allude to what was happening, to that idea that something had happened.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Iñárritu portrays the average person as a seal, ready to bark and clap at anything that so much as alludes to reality.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
On TikTok and Instagram, a person's "aura" alludes to their style or attitude, with "100% aura" high praise for the most effortlessly cool persona.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
But independent investment research provider Variant Perception alludes to a looming shift in market psyche as they reckon “the next couple of days will mark ‘peak uncertainty’ about the Iran war.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
It alludes to Filipino woven bilao — the big, circular ones with all sorts of fiesta food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Catullus tells several of the stories, and Horace alludes to them often, but neither is important for mythology.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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They’re helped out by credulous writers who’ve alluded to vague, anonymized conversations with people in the Bay Area about the same 10 percent probability of imminent extinction for a while now.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
In those letters, published by the Daily Beast, she has thanked the president for “always being there” for her and alluded to a “promise” Trump made to her after she lost her dad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
As Musk alluded to, if SpaceX hands out compute like candy, then things could get tight.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Meloni’s response alluded both to her frustration over his behavior and a recognition of the liability he now represents to his one-time political allies in Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
We had talked around him, alluded to him without quite mentioning him.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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Mbappe did make an interesting observation, alluding to the dominance of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - the pair won a combined 13 in a 15-year period between 2008 and 2023.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
"There's a limit to what companies can absorb," Rainey told CNBC, alluding to the $2 billion impact.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
While Apple customizes many components inside iPhones, Khan said, “there isn’t a lot of customization” for memory, alluding to the possibility that commodity Chinese memory chips could be used.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Next to me, Emmy whispered as the movie began, “They look even better than I imagined,” alluding to my bangs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Halliday was alluding to a famous ’70s hacker named John Draper, better known by the alias Captain Crunch.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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