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They will insinuate, if not outright say, they are more than a baseball team.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

For a woman to dream that her face is freckled, denotes that many displeasing incidents will insinuate themselves into her happiness.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman

Franklin's cunning will be to divide us; to this end he will provoke, he will insinuate, he will intrigue, he will manœuvre.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

No matter; the little doses will insinuate their way, and cure the ills that flesh is heir to, "For a' that, and a' that,   And mickle mair for a' that."

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

In the beginning of the negotiations Adams entered in his diary, “Franklin’s cunning will be to divide us; to this end he will provoke, he will insinuate, he will intrigue, he will manœuvre.”

From The True Benjamin Franklin by Fisher, Sydney George