as in weaves
to cause to twine about one another
the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower
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Recent Examples of implicates
There is no evidence that implicates them in any way.
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Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Now, because of his imprudent and inaccurate sloganeering, even with a majority of his appointees sitting on the board, the mayor faces the prospect of a legal and political fiasco that implicates the honesty of his most prominent promise to his constituents.
—Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Past traumas and current abuses culminate in a sudden death that implicates five women in the community, played by Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
All of this makes Unspeakable Things a particular type of #MeToo memoir, one in which the accuser implicates herself—not as complicit in any assault or harassment, but as fully human, and sometimes confounding even to herself.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
The scheme has been under investigation since last June and also implicates the Palace of Versailles.
—News Desk, Artforum, 13 Feb. 2026
The investigation also implicates the brother of Israel’s Shin Bet chief, though he was not indicted.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
And the out of control fraud in your state also implicates election security.
—Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
And what the Court was looking at was whether a soldier could essentially refuse to deploy during a foreign invasion, and that implicates some of the President’s most potent powers in the area of foreign relations.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Now, because of his imprudent and inaccurate sloganeering, even with a majority of his appointees sitting on the board, the mayor faces the prospect of a legal and political fiasco that implicates the honesty of his most prominent promise to his constituents.
—Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Past traumas and current abuses culminate in a sudden death that implicates five women in the community, played by Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoë Kravitz.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
All of this makes Unspeakable Things a particular type of #MeToo memoir, one in which the accuser implicates herself—not as complicit in any assault or harassment, but as fully human, and sometimes confounding even to herself.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
The scheme has been under investigation since last June and also implicates the Palace of Versailles.
—News Desk, Artforum, 13 Feb. 2026
The investigation also implicates the brother of Israel’s Shin Bet chief, though he was not indicted.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
And the out of control fraud in your state also implicates election security.
—Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
And what the Court was looking at was whether a soldier could essentially refuse to deploy during a foreign invasion, and that implicates some of the President’s most potent powers in the area of foreign relations.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicates
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Schmit skillfully weaves in mental health and the quiet, complicated calculus of coming out in a hyper-public sport.—
Erin La Rosa,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The show weaves between four Nigerian-British women in their thirties, navigating careers, love and family in present day London.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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As their connection grows, the narrative intertwines Tova’s grief with a young man’s search for his origins and a mystery that gradually links their lives.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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The family story that intertwines for centuries with this land, this place, is researched and discovered in the writing, and so not lost, yet the land itself is largely lost, to industry, exploitation, greed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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