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"Offenders should not assume that they can evade detection simply by leaving Singapore after committing an offence," the Singapore Police Force said in a statement on Monday.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Asked whether he expected the situation to improve, Blume said "on the contrary, we have to assume that risks will get worse, worldwide".

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

It might seem natural to assume that smaller amounts of stripped material would simply produce weaker flares.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

But reducing or omitting speech from a movie’s audio tracks forces viewers to give the screen their full attention, which Netflix and other streaming services assume is a lost cause in the second-screen era.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

“Excellent. Although, I assume the difficulty won’t be hacking the computer so much as it will be getting into the room.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Where I lose patience, though, is when a director assumes the audience doesn’t have a collective brain cell among them and attempts to get away with serving action fans a ration of gruel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“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

Some analysts say Chinese tech valuations are, if anything, more stretched than Korea’s, resting on a domestic-substitution story that assumes China’s champions deserve to trade like Nvidia’s ecosystem without Nvidia’s numbers behind them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

And how easily she assumes they can get permission from Papa.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

They argued that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government "assumed massive rises in council tax" in their areas to compensate for cuts to central government funding when publishing its Local Government Finance Settlement.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

A shareholder cannot tell how long any particular chip is assumed to last.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Many assumed her death was a result of any one of these.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Scientists had generally assumed that phenols and indoles were produced only by gut bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

After that particularly difficult lesson, my dad assumed I was done with cello.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

She remembered me without assuming that remembering me meant she knew what I wanted.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Thiago will hope to avoid being a one-season wonder for Brentford - assuming he stays with the Bees.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

But it will probably take years for Bronin to acquire the credibility on Social Security that Larson possessed, even assuming that he wishes to do so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

This is assuming benefits are not linked to contributions.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Camp Half-Blood, assuming Gaea hasn't already destroyed it.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan