insinuate
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When Cady is suddenly exonerated and set free, he shows up to insinuate himself in the Bowdens’ life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The Degas’ whereabouts remained a mystery, but the case suggests that Doyle was learning how to insinuate himself in the blue-chip center of the art world, not merely on its fringes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
"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
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
A scintilla of doubt had begun to insinuate itself.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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His press flak insinuates it’s because the senator’s name sounds like that of a nameless criminal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
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
Her placement in an even higher position of authority than she was before shows how easily she insinuates her way into influential positions by committing evil acts masked as serving the greater good.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 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
The moment a writer of either school insinuates a principle or sentiment of Despair, whether he be a dramatist or a sentimentalist, the author enters his earnest protest.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various
Quite the contrary, Pratt has insinuated on social media that they’re onto something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 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 an interview with an Argentine daily, Venezi, 36, insinuated that jobs in the opera orchestra were "practically passed down from father to son", angering musicians.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
"Constantly assuming new faces, it has insinuated itself into the heart of our societies, into every crack, too often accompanied by that same pact of cowardice: to keep silent, to refuse to see."
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
No one showed any interest in tracking me, no one pried, no one insinuated.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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He previously noted that the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics were a “guiding star” for his retirement, insinuating that he would likely hang up his racket following the games.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
I have lived, Jhabvala said, like “a cuckoo forever insinuating myself into others’ nests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
In fact the White House defended it, insinuating the journalist deserved it for being “unprofessional.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
This fits in with Kennedy's long-standing history of eugenics-tinged notions that disease is a good thing, falsely claiming that it strengthens the gene pool, and insinuating that it makes survivors stronger.
From Salon ● May 27, 2025
The willow is in full plumage and is no help, with its insinuating whispers.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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