suppose
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“But there have been amazing times as well,” he continued, “I suppose that’s just life. Of course, I knew that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
So suppose AI delivers a modest 1% increase in U.S. life expectancy through better diagnosis and treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
I suppose when he proves he can carry his own movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
I suppose he could argue that Sarwar is an ally on his agenda to rewire how British politics works and can now agitate for change from within.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
I was just a teenage girl growing up, I suppose.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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We can only guess how the Romans came to call her Dido; Ms. MacDonald supposes it was an epithet meaning “the wanderer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s newest film, supposes that music has the power to conjure spirits past, present and evil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Big scientific discoveries tend to attract myths which supposes their creation to have occurred "at one moment by one person", but the overarching research "tends to need collaboration across national boundaries," he added.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025
The pathway for law students supposes that law schools will be involved in some level, Rooksby said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
And it was during those same weeks that those entirely untypical incidents took place at Darlington Hall which must, one supposes, have provided what flimsy basis exists for these absurd allegations.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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“This was supposed to be an affordable way to get into homeownership, and now you’re getting squeezed by these costs that continue to rise and you don’t really have the power to control.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
But even if it hasn’t, people don’t know because they don’t know what it’s supposed to be like.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
A producer from New York and agents from London were supposed to come so it's not just the loss now, it's future opportunities as well.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Instead, her dad taught her how the pieces were actually supposed to move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Where have you been? You’re supposed to be upstairs.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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“I would be a little leery of supposing that it’s a gaming of the system in order to get some unfair advantage,” Vaughn said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
“I and the other photographers on the boat were supposing he was going to make a kick-out, and that’s what he did. So I pushed the button.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
But just supposing the Lords backed down and the plan became law, there is no guarantee we will see a flight take off.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
After being asked if he knew why he had been stopped, the driver responded, “Yeah, because I was on the wrong side of the road,” further supposing that he must have missed an exit.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
"Just for a start, supposing you did manage to get hold of one of those bottles, how would you get it into their food?"
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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