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[suh-spekt, suhs-pekt, suhs-pekt, suh-spekt] / səˈspɛkt, ˈsʌs pɛkt, ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛkt /




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The apartment where the suspect lived was quiet, with the balcony curtains drawn.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Thanks to the quick response and coordinated actions of our officers, the suspect was safely taken into custody, a dangerous firearm was removed from the streets, and no one was injured,” the department’s post said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Scientists suspect Vasuki may have hunted in a similar way, although its precise diet and hunting behavior cannot be determined from the surviving fossils.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Federal prosecutors alleged Tuesday that the suspect, a 35-year-old man named Abdulrahman Alfozan, concealed the small black device in toilet paper and hid it behind a television in an OpenAI conference room in late September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

I’m surprised to see Pouncey and Jordie among the crew, and I question whether I was wrong to put them on my suspect list.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Mr. Jay reports both sides of the controversy: Essentially, the military suspects a real attack, while the medical establishment generally diagnoses psychogenic illness, one with no physical cause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Charges for the other two suspects, Marquis Davis, 38, and Antoine Washington, 36, have not been announced because they are not in custody in San Francisco, police said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Within hours, officers recovered all three vehicles and arrested three suspects, including one they believe had been in charge of the other two.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

He suspects it runs both ways: Companies that did a good job of setting up the role probably already had the culture and capabilities to exploit the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“We don’t have any suspects at this time, but we are asking the community to please come forward with any information that can lead us to whoever committed these crimes.”

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

Astronomers have long suspected that black holes operate according to the same underlying physical laws regardless of their mass.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

He suspected they’d be neither—his field had been using machine translation since the 1950s.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

But "there were no opportunities to excavate" the suspected sites, he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The diagnosis was suspected by preoperative tests, his doctors said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Austria-Hungary, determined to hold its rickety empire together, suspected Russia of deliberately encouraging unrest.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Boles said Gainsborough became aware of the bogus approaches when managers and officials at other clubs contacted Wilcox directly, suspecting he was not behind the messages.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Still, it’s worth noting that Sink’s role has been the subject of much speculation, with fans suspecting she would play Marvel-verse X-Men telekinetic and telepath Jean Grey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Movies rarely venture so far into the hearts of ordinary people trying to do their best but suspecting they have made a great many irreparable mistakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

When you start suspecting that your position might be terminated, it’s easy to mentally check out.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026

“What do you mean?” said I, half suspecting him to be mad.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens


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