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“I speculate he saw that note or somehow figured out she was going to institutionalize him, but I have no idea.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

She added that all names provided would be treated "with the utmost discretion" and urges people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding the baby's death.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

But Streeting said Monday he did not "want to speculate at this stage of the investigation", when asked whether it could be linked to a hostile state.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged the public “not to speculate while the authorities establish the full facts.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Then I reminded myself that it was pointless to speculate, that in just a few more hours I would know.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

"Our current findings suggest that in stress-associated psychiatric disorders such as depression, the CRH system in OPCs may play a greater role than previously known," Deussing speculates.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

News coverage speculates about a "new tone" from the president.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

A raid to seize the enriched uranium, in what Kavanagh speculates is an attempt to “embarrass” Iran into submission, the operation would face a slew of problems.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

Cardillo speculates that the conflict won’t last long, limiting the downside in silver and gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Berkner speculates that this is what happened to the great reptiles; their size may have been all right for a richly oxygenated atmosphere, but they had the bad luck to run out of air.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Shortly after Muniz’s post, Price posted an Instagram story with a message that some followers speculated may be a response to the actor’s admission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Investors and banking industry executives have privately speculated the bank could be poised to acquire a smaller lender.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Morgan Stanley’s Erik Woodring speculated in a July note that Apple could enact a $200 price increase across the entire iPhone 18 lineup.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

This is far less than the hundreds of billions being speculated ahead of the trial.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Annabeth had mentioned it too, back in August, when she’d speculated that the giants might be part of the new Great Prophecy— what the Romans called the Prophecy of Seven.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Not to be outdone, Mr. Hinton has been speculating for a couple of years about the prospect for total human extinction at the hands of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Wall Street had been speculating whether Meta would begin leasing out its data-center capacity as a way of monetizing its AI infrastructure in a highly profitable manner.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Viewers found this endearing, speculating that the robot was “bashful” or suffering from social anxiety.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Richard Wilcock, Rail Magazine industry editor, said it was hard to know the cause without speculating, but photographs appeared to show "clearly a buckled track".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The boat assignment seemed tangible and undeniable evidence that what the sophomores had been speculating about was true—something was special about them, and Ulbrickson had unusual confidence in them as a unit.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown