hint
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The first hint may have been that “Claude” is a human name.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Specific reserves are set aside for commercial loans as soon as there is any hint of delinquency or an inability to renew maturing loans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
Even the hint of interest in restaurant stocks is good for the sector.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Half a century later, Jiang is still the reason the Communist Party recoils at any hint of a leader’s spouse wielding power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
I folded my hands together on top of my desk and nodded toward my bedroom door, hoping Miss Smarty-Pants could take a hint.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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If I were in the market for a home right now, I’d take that as a big set of hints to look at renting instead of buying.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Yes, it’s a Faust story, with hints of the “Final Destination” films and an unrepentant love of ominous weather and cringeworthy class warfare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Its anatomy does provide some hints about how it may live and feed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
But the remark hints at another element of “The History of Concrete,” concerning his struggle to get funding for the project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Princess Sabine is strikingly beautiful, despite the tiniest hints of gray.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Wells Fargo’s Scharf hinted that the AI boom was similar to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Earlier this month, he hinted that he may be interested in continuing the Breaking Bad story, external, but said any revival would have a lot to live up to.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
During the interview, he hinted that he’d challenge U.S.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
King: What I think is hinted at between the Halogram and the final Hal we get is this Sinestro subplot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
“I do not think you slept in poison ivy,” Werfel hinted.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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Friday’s strong showing for stocks has helped to revive some of investors’ flagging optimism, hinting at further gains ahead in the fourth quarter, said Jose Torres, senior economist at Interactive Brokers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey isn’t hinting at any major cuts to the fast-growing welfare state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
They announced the pregnancy in March on their Instagram accounts, hinting that the future baby could share a matching name, with the photo carousel’s caption: “What’s better than two Taylor Lautners?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
In fact it was almost the first thing he mentioned, hinting that maybe he realised he had kicked over a can of worms at his earlier appearance.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Elizabeth’s eyes open wide, and her mouth stretches into an O as she figures out what I’m hinting at.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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