clue
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As Maresca's side move into top gear and threaten to accelerate away from the chasing pack with wins such as this, no-one has a clue what their final destination will be.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Clue leads to clue in next to no time, this being an episodic show that needs to tie a bow around an investigation in something like 42 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The presence of fluorite provides an important clue about the conditions that produced them.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Memory stocks might provide the best clue available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“When a prince makes a promise, he is bound by his word. Besides, it is clear to me that you’ll never get to the next clue without my assistance.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Warrick and others say this week’s events could offer clues to next season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
They add to the set of clues that authorities missed that could have prevented him from flying and working on such a sensitive route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
These rare signals carry clues to where the neutrinos came from and the extreme conditions that produced them — allowing scientists to investigate places that ordinary telescopes cannot easily see.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Those from deeper in space carry clues about cosmic mysteries, like the supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
I need privacy to examine it for clues, and privacy is hard to find around here.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
How could the clueless become clued if their peers weren’t picking on their every lame move?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
I skipped the steps of the application process that would have clued the agency in on my lack of fitness for the position.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
An American tourist called Dorothy said she wasn't worried about visiting Angkor as she was clued in to travel logistics and border rules, saying she felt "very safe".
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
I had been painting, but I wasn’t as clued into photography yet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024
Finally, some guy clued in and made a dive for the body on the floor.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Anyone can check it out, but it’s geared toward cluing in ranchers in an effort to prevent wolf-livestock conflict.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025
Some still maintain that the Knicks’ envelope was frozen or had a bent corner, cluing in NBA Commissioner and native New Yorker David Stern as to which envelope to choose.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
The Oscars once showed off the magic of movies: They presented lots of clips from the year’s best films, cluing audiences in on how movies are made.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
Not long after, there’s Jim Carroll’s rocking, doom-soaked “People Who Died,” cluing viewers in to the fact that a whole bunch of these people aren’t long for the picture.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
Without cluing in Byrd or even Ray, Axel starts back up the driveway.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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