insinuate
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“I don’t want to insinuate that we’ve lost our values. The Big Ten has had to adjust to the overall shift in college athletics and the marketplace around it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 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
“You’re not gonna try to come to social media and put her on blast, and insinuate or put out something making it seem like she was doing something she wasn’t doing,” she continued.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024
The term had long been used in Haitian street slang to insinuate male dominance and power.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023
“How dare you insinuate that my late wife would talk to you, a pale imitation, rather than to her own husband? How dare you talk to me about hope when hope died with her?”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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