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[hint] / hɪnt /




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It might give you a hint as to what's happened - if there has been a seven-goal thriller, for example - but we won't be giving you the winner or the result.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

While wife Erica gently douses rumors, Sean McVay, Les Snead, Cooper Kupp and others hint that Aaron Donald is tempted to unretire and return to the Rams.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The second big hint of a shift toward rate hikes would come in the Fed’s “dot plot” projections of the likely path of interest rates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

There’s been no hint of the lights being too bright, the pressure too intense—the typical jitters for playoff debuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

I got the hint and hopped back onto the bed, taking a bite out of a bright red apple from the bedside bowl.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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