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innuendo

[in-yoo-en-doh] / ˌɪn juˈɛn doʊ /


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Cipriani, a self-professed fixer, whistleblower and professional gambler who had been spreading innuendo about Shell on social media, according to court filings in a continuing legal dispute between the men.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Hannah said she has respected the Kennedy family’s privacy and, like Schlossberg, condemned “self-serving sensationalists trading in gossip, innuendo and speculation.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

Owens’ story is backed by innuendo, exaggerations, outright falsehoods, and, in several instances, messages delivered through Owens’ own dreams.

From Slate Feb. 27, 2026

In 2011, when he was a business minister, Sir Ed said Andrew was doing an "excellent job" as trade envoy and dismissed concerns around him at the time as "innuendo".

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

The probable cause showing could be based on nothing more than hearsay, innuendo, or even the paid, self-serving testimony of someone with interests clearly adverse to the property owner.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Madariaga had concluded Columbus was a Jew, said Morison, “by fashioning a significant pattern of hypothesis and innuendoes unsupported by anything so vulgar as fact.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

His dismissed the prosecution’s case as nothing more than “theories, hypotheses, innuendoes, assumptions, gut feelings, hairs on the back of your neck.”

From Seattle Times May 16, 2024

The episode was awarded four stars by the Independent's Michael Hogan, who said was served up with "its innuendoes and irresistible sense of fun, and new host Alison Hammond's influence is already clear".

From BBC Sep. 27, 2023

He is a physical wreck, though he puts on a surprisingly good and vigorous show as, without an audience, he staggers about a stage delivering songs, limericks, innuendoes and reminiscences.

From New York Times Nov. 14, 2012

Those innuendoes, those whispers, those shadows, that strange woman’s stranger message were back again, seething and boiling in his brain.

From Doors of the Night by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

An Alibaba Group spokesperson told AFP "the assertions and innuendos in the article are completely false".

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

Mr Cohen wrote to Hicks that the story was "lots of innuendos with little facts".

From BBC May 3, 2024

Yes, there were some fiery ads that were fine, but there were so many others that were full of lies, distortions, innuendos and threats.

From Seattle Times Nov. 18, 2022

“To address these false accusations, defamatory statements and innuendos I have filed a lawsuit against both DEF CON Communications and Jeff Moss.”

From The Verge Aug. 18, 2022

Because I knew my feelings for him were vulnerable to being felled by my mother’s suspicions, passing remarks, and innuendos.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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