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Who released a hit song titled "Believe" in 1999?

believe

[bih-leev] / bΙͺˈliv /




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Thompkins said her family’s decisions are “guided by what we believe is in our son’s best interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"Whenever I get the ball and there's an opportunity to go one versus one, or two versus one, I believe in myself to do it. I'll just keep going and be ruthless."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

That led some people to believe he had seriously injured himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Simon Kim and his co-managers for the Saturna International Fund believe that the artificial-intelligence build-out still has a long way to go, despite market jitters over high valuations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

And there, Clare could not believe, was that same—Irritating—Squashed-skunk-looking—Badger.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Today, South Korea's intelligence agency believes he may be preparing his daughter as a successor.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Now he believes AI is about to supercharge his life’s mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Nadav, 18, believes Ben Gvir is "trying to show that Israel is a strong country"

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Wu believes Xi’s urgency is sharpened by the coming reshuffle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Not being tethered to tradition allows us to be logical,” he says, and I wonder if he truly believes it.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Wright had attended Railey’s church; he reported on the crime for Texas Monthly and interviewed Railey, whom he believed to be guilty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The woman - now in her 50s - said she had never met Brand before and that she believed he'd been in the building because he was on Channel 4 show Big Brother's Big Mouth.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ash and other members told MarketWatch that they believed the status quo left American consumers at a disadvantage.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

An unemployed former hotel employee who gave her first name as Oumy said as she marched on the weekend that she no longer believed in the government's promises.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

She believed that Ferdie and Henry Jr. might be better off in her care.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“There’s a difference between believing in the long-term potential of AI and believing every company exposed to that growth is appropriately valued,” he said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Mychal Threets, the cheery host of ‘Reading Rainbow,’ told fans on social media, ‘Today I am safe, I’m believing that is enough,’ after he checked into a hospital for his mental health.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Survivors may not report their assault to law enforcement for any number of reasons, including a fear of retaliation, not believing the police would help and not believing the crime was important enough.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

The issuers are paying you for taking on the risk of believing in them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Burr brothers recommended believing experts like themselves, as “it is not a very safe business to trust to what men call their senses.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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