suspicious
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Some experts are calling the spike in activity suspicious.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Ilia Bouchouev, former president of Koch Global Partners and a leading energy-trading expert, also said that the early-morning trades today were suspicious.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
The story created a sensation in Romania but prompted a team of suspicious journalists there to start asking questions.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Two longtime energy traders — who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized by their employers to speak publicly — said the activity looked suspicious enough to undermine confidence in the market.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
If I had entertained any suspicious before,” wrote Washington, the assurances you have given me of the contrary would have removed them; but the truth is, I harboured none.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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