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McCarthy, who declined to be interviewed, has been alluding to “The Passenger” for years.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2022

The entire run of Game of Thrones has been alluding to some greater power in the Weirwood, including the popular theory that Bran could somehow use them to burn the wights to death.

From The Verge • Apr. 29, 2019

Mr. Ellison’s inner circle has been divided over how to respond to allegations, which Ms. Monahan has been alluding to on Twitter and Facebook — without naming him — since the couple’s tumultuous breakup.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2018

Even The Nation is not quite satisfied with the Government, and has been alluding to "the extreme slackness of Cabinet methods," and complains that "situations are not thought out beforehand."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 by Various