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suspect

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




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That logic was already suspect, as it’s tough to claim that taxpayer dollars are being “wasted” on technologies aimed at keeping the planet suitable for human habitation.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Details on a suspect or motive weren’t immediately available.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Thomas Mücke, an extremism expert at the Violence Prevention Network VPN, told ARD television that he had met the suspect.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The suspect had made "incoherent statements", Nunez said, warning however against jumping to conclusions as to his motives.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Mr. Pinkerton and the other men were arranged with their backs to me in a horseshoe around Mr. Drysdale, which somehow afforded our suspect the only clear view of my antics.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

His surname is not being used due to German law, which prohibits naming suspects at this stage.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The parade was canceled, and authorities said they were searching for one or more suspects.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

At this time there is no information available on any suspects, and it is unknown if she was the intended target of the shooting.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

All this happens after Zack turns up with a missing toe, which Anna suspects Max orchestrated.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

I wonder, for a moment, whether he suspects me of following him.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

After hiding in a woodland near Carmarthen for three days without food or water, McKenna was arrested at Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, as he awaited medical treatment for suspected frostbite.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Chad's decision to leave the ICC after 20 years comes amid allegations by national and international organisations of Ndjamena's suspected involvement in the war in neighbouring Sudan between the army and paramilitaries.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Scientists have long suspected that inherited genetics helps explain these differences, but obtaining direct evidence from human studies has been difficult.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

Because this type of multipoint investigation is reactive, the product that’s suspected of causing the illness may have already moved through the supply chain into stores or restaurants and has already been consumed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

I suspected that I’d be spinning my wheel at Pet-O-Rama forever.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

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 a vet, local divisional veterinary office or to Daera directly.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2025

This policy, she explains, “tramples the constitutional requirement that officers must have a particularized and objective basis for suspecting the particular person stopped of criminal activity.”

From Slate Sep. 8, 2025

Billy couldn’t help suspecting that there wasn’t much to know about Robert.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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