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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

He used innuendoes to refer to money, on one occasion messaging Gill: "I've received all promised Xmas gifts and requested five more postcards for your kind help next week during the debate."

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

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

On Elara, Adani has said "innuendoes" that the firm was in any manner related to the conglomerate founders were incorrect.

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2023

She heareth the whisperings and innuendoes of them that traffic in reputations, and she loseth little time ere she adorns the secret meetings of the conspirators with her presence.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various