suspecting

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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

Petra suddenly felt very tired of suspecting people—first Mrs. Sharpe, then Ms. Hussey, then both of them, and now...her dad?

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett