insinuated

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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

He also insinuated that his son was less than a man, a trauma that might explain Shepard’s stoic cowboy persona as well as his fear that his father was right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Cooley insinuated that Harris had ridden the coattails of famed San Francisco politician Willie Brown, whom she’d dated in the 1990s while he was speaker of the California Assembly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

They had insinuated themselves into the colored community there, Sam said, but a slave catcher nosed around and it was time to flee.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead