opine
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Instead, it was left to the Instagram account of his cat Maximus, reportedly the second most popular political account on Belgian social media after De Wever's, to opine that "there are days like that".
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Moore used to opine on national issues and occasionally tried to get in front of brewing controversies, Rose said, but he was also willing to hear out concerns about the treatment of journalists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
He said, however, that as a military industrial base analyst, it wasn’t his place to opine on whether this sort of intense military investment should be the budget priority of the American government.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
“If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful. You’ve got to make sure it’s anchored in the truth,” he admonished the pontiff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
What may be the issue of this intention one need not opine.
From In the Yellow Sea by Henry Frith
When life gets you down, Danny Palumbo opines, nothing is more soothing than eating a meal prepared with love.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Interest rate increases are one of Wall Street’s concerns, and those seem to be on the table, potentially as soon as this fall, opines Capital Economics’ Chief North America Economist Stephen Brown.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
While acknowledging that wars have their own dynamics and emphasizing that his view is low conviction as a consequence, Papic opines that Iran’s pain threshold is lower than markets and commentators imagine.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
A note from one of the investment bank’s analysts opines that Macquarie is entering a strong growth phase where “market conditions, industry dynamics and internal transition converge.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
He opines that Cain and Abel were vegetarians and never enjoyed a beef-steak or a mutton-chop.
From Bible Romances First Series by G. W. (George William) Foote
McAfee, apparently already reeling from a column in the Athletic that opined that “College GameDay” has become overwhelmed by McAfee’s “frat-rock prankster” personality, appeared deeply offended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
“Ford…has in his social endeavor committed economic blunders, if not crimes,” The Wall Street Journal opined on Jan. 7, 1914.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
He also opined that the Strategy cost price is not as important as people think.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
The International Dictionary of Psychology opined in 1989 that consciousness was “fascinating but elusive” and “nothing worth reading has been written on it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
At length, Bono opined, “I don’t believe those impatiens will ever grow near the pine tree. What do you reckon?”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Zuckerberg's manifesto is the latest example of a tech boss opining on why AI is the next big thing.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But Brown’s spokeswoman confirmed to the Journal that the office wasn’t opining on Baltimore’s IG specifically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Analysts are opining about the impact on global trade, which influences corporate earnings, but it’s too early to draw significant conclusions.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Most of the commentariat and mainstream media types are generalists with little content expertise or rigorous academic training in the topics and subjects they are opining about.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2024
Dame Lovell looked with unfeigned admiration at the cabalistic characters, for such they were in her eyes, and declared them “right brave,” opining moreover that “learning was soothly a passing rare thing!”
From Mistress Margery by Emily Sarah Holt
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