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One might assume that three talented artists with “Womack” and “Cooke” attached to their names would have an easy path, but that wasn’t the case for the Womack Sisters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Do not assume that writing a check back to the employer will erase the income when it comes to your ACA subsidy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Heisenberg: Strand Larsen is a decent centre forward, but, if we assume Mateta is first choice then the Norwegian will find gametime hard to come by.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

First, U.S. officials assume that the regime is a rational actor weighing costs and benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Mamá, who up to now I assume had been too embarrassed to speak, was suddenly standing right in the middle of things.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

“I’m a regular person, like you,” Hal says, gazing directly through the fourth wall at the tiny people he assumes are worshipping him from afar.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

They are disappointed by a reported margin guidance range of 14.5%-16.5%, but point out that this assumes catastrophe costs are in line with allowance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“It hurts the hawks more than it hurts the doves,” said Neil Dutta of Renaissance Macro, who assumes that upcoming meetings will be roughly a coin flip because the inflation data won’t be conclusive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The $1 billion figure assumes the options on some contracts are fully executed.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Because Mr. Rhodes assumes no responsibility for his actions, we have no other choice but to send them back to Florida.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Scientists had long assumed that only microorganisms could break down these natural plastics.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Questions about the future of America’s largest social-welfare program have assumed a new urgency in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Her fans, some “who knew something was terribly wrong but assumed she had cancer or some other disease,” were aghast at her appearance whenever she took the stage.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Jefferson said he thought they had won "a few pounds" after he received notifications telling him to check his lottery account, but assumed the subsequent follow-up calls and emails were from sales people.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Everyone concerned apparently assumed they were being paid insurance premiums to take basically the same sort of risk they had been taking for nearly a decade.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

But it offers a warning against assuming that a small fee will have a small effect.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

"The results at some were literally off the scale and will have a big impact in professional circles, assuming they cannot continue to try to ignore them now," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The appeal of GPUs has also strengthened as the chips prove that their useful lives are significantly longer than the five-year depreciation schedule that many had been assuming.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Citi retains its buy rating and trims its target price to 495.00 Hong Kong dollars from HK$530.00, assuming the stock trades at 31 times the price-to-earnings ratio of estimated 2027 earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

They lived their lives surrounded by all that glitter and neon, happily assuming that small, cute women were harmless.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart