guess
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What it all means, I can only guess, but I was captivated by Mr. Refn’s psyche-mining imagery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The suspected culprit behind this loss is precisely what most would guess – warming seas, melting arctic ice and a decrease in prey availability.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Salary negotiations used to begin with one side knowing exactly how much the job paid, and the other side taking a guess.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
"We don't smell it any more, I guess that's because the blast furnaces have gone."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Sure, but Traveler didn’t grow up knowing her. She was already”—I frowned—“like she is, I guess, when he met her.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Instead of focusing on words that seem most likely to be the answer, the method identifies guesses that reveal the greatest amount of information and eliminate the largest number of possibilities.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
They all had guesses: maybe arthritis, maybe lactose intolerance, maybe stress.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
But those are my are my guesses right there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
While COVID-19 was airborne and far more contagious, he guesses hantavirus is 50 times more deadly.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
He guesses he has likely outgrown it in the interim, unable to recall exactly what the last suit-worthy occasion was.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Shock guessed they’d smell like forgotten meat in a broken freezer or animal remains on a farm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
A loss means, you guessed it, zero points.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Pam Kramer, the chief executive of KC2026 host committee, guessed that Argentina might have been looking for one extra taste of home, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Against this capitalistic—dare we say orgiastic—cornucopia, Goldman Sachs’ portfolio strategists recently increased their year-end S&P 500 target to, you guessed it, 8000.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
If I hadn’t known this was Mr. Harris’s room, I’d never have guessed it was his.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
In fact, it demonstrated how brutal it is for players when they’re left guessing how long their ball will roll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The billionaire singer and three-time Super Bowl champion, both 36, have kept fans guessing, but media reports describe an over-the-top celebration befitting one of the world's most famous musicians.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Both sides showed how dangerous they are going forward in a match that had you guessing right until the very end.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
But it will not wreck the wider economy guessing about them.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Opal continued guessing names for me: “Adelbrecht, Herbercik, Zettelmeiger.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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