implicating

present participle of implicate, archaic

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Recent Examples of implicating FanDuel, as of Thursday, had the United States as a minus-165 favorite, implicating about a 62% probability of victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026 Writer-director Pascal Plante skillfully enhances the themes of his film with a cold, unsettling atmosphere, often implicating us as voyeurs with our own fixation on the dark side of humanity. Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026 In 1973, former White House Counsel John Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee, implicating top administration officials, including President Richard Nixon as well as himself, in the Watergate scandal and cover-up. ABC News, 8 June 2026 Others have recanted and said police coerced them into implicating Washington and Simms. John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026 Public statements implicating Raul Castro, who was the actual head of the armed forces, in the decision to shoot down the planes had emerged over the years, some of which were mentioned in the indictment. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 Along with the lack of DNA evidence implicating Hunter, his attorneys suggested the neighbors might have been involved in her death. Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026 Officers discovered significant forensic evidence implicating the trio. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 But the official finding did not stop conspiracy theories from spreading suggesting Epstein was murdered because of his high-profile connections and potential for implicating others. Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implicating
Verb
  • McDonald was outstanding in the final, a lithe genius skilfully weaving through the strapping men around him.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • Like Suarez, the Boston bullpen spent some time weaving in and out of traffic.
    Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • As Smith read Colt’s writings, the teenager remained expressionless, sometimes gently rocking and twisting in his chair.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
  • A lot of this work is almost unreadable now, the pained efforts of young eggheads twisting themselves into rhetorical knots over the moral conundrums posed by real-world applications of Marxist principles.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Movies built from intertwining stories can be hard to pull off.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 June 2026
  • Directed by Alice Winocour, the film follows an American filmmaker working during Paris Fashion Week who receives a life-altering breast cancer diagnosis, intertwining her story with those of a South Sudanese model and a makeup artist navigating their own pressures within the industry.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 17 June 2026

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“Implicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicating. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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