suspicion
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The foes still appeared to be far apart on key issues, including the opening of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, and were quick to express their mutual suspicion.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
A Homeland Security spokesperson said another person taken into ICE custody, Alexander Pacheco Sabogal, of Columbia, was arrested on suspicion of battery.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
“Under this Court’s precedents, not to mention common sense, those circumstances taken together can constitute at least reasonable suspicion of illegal presence,” he said in a concurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
That’s more than just innocence: A plaintiff must demonstrate that an arrest was inherently unreasonable and that police lacked even a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
She held the cloth up against my shoulders and said it’d fit just fine, but I had a strong suspicion I wasn’t going anywhere.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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