assumed
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Sister Rita grew up in the Philippines, where she studied business in college and assumed she’d have a normal career and get married.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
A safety system detected dangerous levels of engine thrust, assumed a malfunction, and ordered the fuel supply to be cut off, the theory goes.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“This was the worst thing we could come up with. We kind of assumed it was not possible, that the strait was kind of too big to fail,” Halff said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
But when longtime host Padma Lakshmi stepped down, Kish received an unexpected opportunity to return to the culinary competition by stepping up as its new host, a role she assumed in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
I’d always assumed it was yet another perk of being the commander’s kid and that she was just plain lazy and slacking off in classes.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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