believe
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"We want to believe that she didn't suffer."
From Barron's β Aug. 17, 2026
The researchers believe the results of the three studies could eventually lead to changes in heart failure guidelines, potentially allowing many more patients to receive digoxin.
From Science Daily β Aug. 16, 2026
"I can't believe I'm in this position, sitting here. Throughout my life, I have never had to come to a police station."
From BBC β Aug. 16, 2026
Some of Maysville’s oldest families are like Bare and Huddleston, living on hundreds of acres—far away, some neighbors believe, from the minimum-wage gigs and night shifts of working-class life.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 16, 2026
What’s more, he means it—literally, and I believe him.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Economist Renuka Sane believes the right pricing structure could finally restore "commercial sanity", external to India's digital payment rails, allowing the market to price risk, fund critical infrastructure and build a more resilient payments ecosystem.
From BBC β Aug. 16, 2026
The center’s veterinarian believes the otter should be well enough to be released into the wild in seven to 10 days.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 15, 2026
Anthropic said in July that it plans to start funding biotech research on drug development and diagnosis for rare diseases—a process the AI company says it believes its flagship Claude product can speed up.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 15, 2026
But Dan Plumley, senior lecturer in sport finance at Loughborough University in the UK, believes FSG have no immediate plans to cede complete control.
From Barron's β Aug. 14, 2026
Harold Puthoff, the director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Austin, Texas, believes that a quantum sail would simply alter the properties of the vacuum.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
A woman seated at the same table, believed to be the girl's mother, immediately stopped him.
From BBC β Aug. 17, 2026
He said he believed the family in the second car were on the way to the airport to go on holiday.
From BBC β Aug. 17, 2026
“Like the thousands of people who have reached out since this tragedy to share their own experiences, he believed that the system had failed him and destroyed his life,” his lawyer said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 16, 2026
"It's believed that the lifetime of a proton is longer than the lifespan of the universe," Lewis said.
From Science Daily β Aug. 16, 2026
I got mixed up listening to him, because I had always believed in the God Sila.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Talarico, believing God is on the side of the oppressed and the marginalized, focuses his message to voters on equity and protecting personal freedom.
From Salon β Aug. 14, 2026
We have to go back to believing in powerful ideals.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 6, 2026
She said she knew of people dying after believing anecdotes about unproven cancer treatment.
From BBC β Aug. 4, 2026
The meaning of the geometric shapes and animal outlines remains a mystery, with some believing they had ritual astronomical functions, according to UNESCO, which declared the area a World Heritage site in 1994.
From Barron's β Aug. 2, 2026
Besides, the only way to stop believing something is to deny it yourself.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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