suspiciously

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The sketch nodded to recent headlines, including Hegseth’s widely mocked citation of a Bible verse that doesn’t exist — though it does sound suspiciously like something out of “Pulp Fiction.”

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Nayeb had been moving around the base suspiciously on that day.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026

It is not simply that the curators have tidied up before letting the public in: Woolf’s “writing lodge” at Monk’s House in Sussex, England, for instance, is suspiciously clear of crumpled envelopes and broken cigarette-holders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Then, sufficiently disturbed, he hauls in the AI cheerleaders, a suspiciously positive gang who can envision only medical miracles and grindless lives in which we’re all full-time artists.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

But Jonah was peering suspiciously around his room.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix