insinuate
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It and other rags insinuate the problem, As Ever, is the royal formerly known as Meghan Markle.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
“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
"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
“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
“That’s ridiculous to even insinuate I’d believe in coincidences. What is a coincidence?”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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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
"The Morning Show" insinuates that Hamm's Marks lives a tabloid-baiting life as well, but separates his material identity from his flirtation with UBA, the show's version of America's top-rated TV news network.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2023
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
"They say that the marquis used to be one of your intimates, don't they?" the Englishwoman insinuates.
From Majesty A Novel by Louis Couperus
Her ex-partner eventually managed to get hold of him, but he insinuated all the money was gone.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
It also insinuated that recent testing of the coaster has met Universal’s sound requirements with the county.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Herta Müller’s account of growing up in Ceaușescu’s Romania documents how the state insinuated oppression into every corner of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
In response, Lamola said: "We reiterate that broad-based black economic empowerment is not reverse racism as regrettably insinuated by the ambassador."
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
He ran into the pack and insinuated himself onto the younger team.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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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
Mahnoor says he also cropped images of her with a group of friends, to make it appear that she was standing with a single man, insinuating that they were having an affair.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
He responded with, “There goes the house,” insinuating that he’s going to lose it.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
Kim also said his client’s father planted tomatoes over the site where Lockhart was buried, insinuating he attempted to conceal the grave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
A radio with a faulty connection played loud and rasping for a while, then suddenly quiet and insinuating.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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