as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower
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Recent Examples of implicate
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office later determined that investigators did not follow up on evidence implicating McDowell’s friend as the shooter.
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
However, current vascular research, some of it cited by Michael Lebow, MD, implicates abnormal blood flow as an important factor in maintaining inflammation within the knee joint.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
People are stealing oil from the tanks before they’re sent down the pipeline, and the cartel has been implicated in that.
—William Earl, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
Dozens of people of Somali descent have been implicated in a widespread fraud scandal involving the North Star State’s social programs.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 22 Dec. 2025
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An hour later, for its first concert since the fires, parishioners sat in awe as Grammy Award winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers weaved her bow across her violin, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach echoing through the church.—
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Culturally, 2026 is the year cannabis truly weaves into everyday life.—
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Preparing practice and game plans, as well as scouting opponents, intertwines with being joined at the hip with Ball as much as possible.—
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Here in Rhode Island, that means there are many stories to tell as Rhode Island's history is intertwined with the start of our nation.—
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Watson shared a 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for discovering that deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a double helix, consisting of two strands that coil around each other to create what resembles a long, gently twisting ladder.—
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Brightburn also twists the family dynamic to expose a parent's worst fear, that their power and authority over their children is completely illusory.—
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But the positions of coach Brendon McCullum and, because they are inextricably entwined, managing director Rob Key have to come under scrutiny because of the huge mistakes that have been made at the worst possible time.—
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Venezuela’s military ranks have grown over the past decade and have become ever more entwined with the country’s economic system and governance.—
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“Implicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implicate. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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