suspect
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I suspect the lineup will change dramatically next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The apartment where the suspect lived was quiet, with the balcony curtains drawn.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
I suspect the rate of unfounded rejection as well as the rate of founded rejection of parents varies dramatically by location and socioeconomic class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Within 25 minutes officers have found it, chased it down and arrested a suspect.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
If the music sounds at all "exotic" or "unusual," you should suspect that this may be the case.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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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
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
The two key suspects include a 29-year-old, who was charged after investigators recovered DNA from a bag left behind during the getaway.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
"Am I one of your suspects?" she demanded.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
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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 agreement requires CVS to establish a hotline for employees and the public to report suspected illegal dispensing of controlled substances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Anya suspected she was looking at a pair of them, and that the younger one was the idiot she had spoken of.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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
It is a notifiable disease so anyone suspecting their animals may have it must report it to to a vet, local divisional veterinary office or to Daera directly.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Mr. Potter snored away, never suspecting a thing.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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