suspect
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Officials did not describe a motive, what led to the shooting or how investigators decided on Gomez as a suspect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
But after several sessions, he began to suspect her personal beliefs were slanting her advice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
He described the suspect as a "low-level agent", and declined to disclose his nationality.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The suspect, a "low-level agent," was also under investigation in Romania, Dobrindt added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I suspect the gators are all riding out the storm on the bottom. The bus probably jarred one loose and it was popping up to get some air.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Both suspects in the case have been dismissed from their positions, the statement added.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
He suspects the more important signal is that Bessent looks willing to “take aggressive action to cap yields” at a roughly 4.75% for the 10-year and 5.25% for the 30-year year, LeBas added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Police Scotland are not required to record the ethnicity of suspects in crime reports, therefore a breakdown is not available.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
At least two of the suspects in the sheriff’s photos can be seen holding up their phones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The usual suspects: crazed fans, wannabe disciples, and aspiring bounty hunters.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Metro leads on an interview with a shopkeeper who helped rescue his neighbours from a suspected arson attack.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the heavily forested state, where large areas served as training grounds in the former East Germany, nearly 20% of the land is suspected to harbor old munitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The researchers suspected that histidine could play an important role in this response.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Nobody really knows," Arlotta said, adding she suspected organoids could hypothetically last a little longer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Burger suspected that Dasch was trying to see how far he could push back against the school's authorities without getting fired.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Movies rarely venture so far into the hearts of ordinary people trying to do their best but suspecting they have made a great many irreparable mistakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
When you start suspecting that your position might be terminated, it’s easy to mentally check out.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
It is a notifiable disease so anyone suspecting their animals may have it must report it to to a vet, local divisional veterinary office or to Daera directly.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
This policy, she explains, “tramples the constitutional requirement that officers must have a particularized and objective basis for suspecting the particular person stopped of criminal activity.”
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025
She had already decided not to tell that story, suspecting that the explanation was simple and that it would be better not to expose her ignorance.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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