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intimate

[in-tuh-mit] / ˈɪn tə mɪt /






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Kremlev, who first met Trump Jr. recently, also attended the intimate affair with a large group of other Russians.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

The day before we met in Hollywood, Kelela gave an intimate live performance for Spotify.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

He added: "It's a big auditorium but it's incredibly intimate so the material selection has to be really considered because you get to look at the costumes close up."

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

At over two hours, it’s a movie that feels sprawling and intimate.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

This meant not only that we were learning, in a real way, how to cohabit as a couple but also that Barack got to know my family in a more intimate way.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The company also is contending with headwinds related to its acquisition of online intimates brand Adore Me in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

These are intentionally not the Kennedy family’s stories or takes from their intimates, but the people who had enough of a professional closeness to be at hand when the assassination happened.

From Salon Nov. 5, 2023

“I look happy, but only in old photos,” Benito intimates in Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2023

“There is something in a landscape like that which humbles you and intimates to you that there’s something very big out there, and this thing has an awful lot of power,” says Lindahl.

From National Geographic Oct. 13, 2023

Gone was the desperate, urgent, intense feeling of being at home; rare was the experience of feeling myself individualized by family intimates.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Newcastle do not want to lose another big name in Bruno Guimaraes, but the captain's future is uncertain after he intimated he wished to join Arsenal.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

No matter what was intimated in back-channel talks, the unwillingness of Iran’s regime to put substantive nuclear commitments in the memorandum of understanding is a warning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Asked by BBC Sport if he felt Stokes could resign the captaincy and retire from playing, Key said: "He has not intimated that to me."

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

He looks like a walking ad for the designer Todd Snyder, and it’s also intimated that he’s bisexual.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

I have already intimated that my condition was much worse, during the first six months of my stay at Mr. Covey’s, than in the last six.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

The message is disturbing, intimating that the two men were very close, had a lot in common and shared “a wonderful secret” about how “enigmas never age.”

From Salon Sep. 9, 2025

"It's right that we take our time to wait for the report," she said, intimating that she would not be voting for the amendment.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2023

Asked by other players what she was doing, she shouted, “Look at me, look at me,” intimating she couldn’t do much about it.

From Washington Times Aug. 21, 2023

Carroll said the surgery could allow Lockett to come back soon, intimating he might miss only Seattle’s next game Dec. 24 at Kansas City.

From Seattle Times Dec. 16, 2022

He was intimating that physics at Berkeley might have to continue without Robert Oppenheimer.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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