hunch
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Hartnett suspects the oversold and the overbought may start to reverse respective directions if his hunch is correct that there’s a cyclical upswing in the U.S. economy looming.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Dr Nick Longrich, a paleontologist at the University of Bath, said his hunch was that they were mainly preying on ammonites.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
“My hunch is it was shocking,” Mora said of the immigration raids last summer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
She confirmed her hunch by tracking the recent and 10-year performance of FedEx shares.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
The thought of the impressors made Sefia hunch her shoulders, suddenly conscious of how exposed she was in this sea of strangers, these watchers and whisperers.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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