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believe

[bih-leev] / bΙͺˈliv /




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The researchers believe this type of molecular rewiring could eventually have applications beyond lymphoma, including other cancers and some autoimmune diseases.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Medeiros told MarketWatch he doesn’t believe AI agents will handle every step of the shopping process.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The nurse wrote that patients were arriving with headaches, rashes and blisters, “we believe, due to the chemicals being used to spray.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"I thoroughly believe in rehabilitation, but equally, there has to be repercussions for such behaviour," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Their theories directly contradict each other, and yet both groups believe that Phineas's case supports their side.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Melius Research analyst James West believes the market’s positive reaction of late is justified, as “we are in the very early stages of a true, global nuclear renaissance,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

RSF believes his life could be at risk if he is returned to China.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Plane maker Boeing believes there could be a low-tech solution to please everyone: a phone booth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Even so, the team believes the findings offer a strong clue and could open new directions for studying unconventional superconductivity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

He takes his position as the oldest pretty seriously and believes in looking out for his little sister, even though I’m as tall as he is.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Even more remarkably, the signals had been reassigned to two different amino acids, breaking a pattern scientists believed was closely linked by evolution.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

For three delirious minutes on Wednesday night, the New York Yankees believed that they had saved their season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

This, and a range of other publications hailing Asia’s economic “miracle” led Edwards to conclude “too many people believed the beguiling narrative” and as a consequence, “lent these economies cheap, abundant capital which was misallocated.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The mines responsible for the blast last month were believed to have been laid over a year ago as part of Pyongyang's border fortification work, according to South Korea's defence minister Kang Shin-chul.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

“All these tests and tubes,” said Tante Jans, who believed in them implicitly, “what do they really prove?”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Kerr left the Alaskan frontier believing baseball could be his future and was able to land a tryout for a pair of MLB scouts at a high school in Reno.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The latter seemingly bought into some of the era’s storylines and ringside magic, believing that a rousing speech to the wrestlers in the locker room would convince them to strike.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

He left Baidu for Google, and later left OpenAI as well over strategy, believing AI safety there had been sidelined.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Still laughing, though, at sanctimonious Yankees fans believing baseball is somehow unfair to the poor, gutty Yankees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

I sputter, not believing what I am hearing.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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