Over the past 15 months, astronomers have spotted hints of perhaps a dozen planets orbiting other sunlike stars, making them seem almost commonplace.
Instead, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted eruptions of icy crystals, which hint at pockets of liquid water near the surface.
Scientists from the US Tevatron accelerator say they have spotted possible hints of the Higgs boson at a mass similar to that seen at the LHC.
On second thoughts, in ENO's spectacular Gilliamised version, he may have spotted just a hint, a glimmer of kitsch.
This morning, a few eagle-eyed rumormill lurkers have spotted the tiniest hint of a new, non-tablet device: a 4G/LTE device built for Verizon.
Investors have spotted the potential.
None had spotted his father.
There was a first hint when Hudgell nipped in to sign Paul Cooke, who had scored FC's match-winning try in Cardiff, without paying a transfer fee, having spotted irregularities in his contract.
In the wrong light, you might spot hints of current Kias (the grille, for example).
