believing
Example Sentences
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Just saying and believing something will happen will make it happen, right?
From Salon β Sep. 14, 2026
South Wales Police said it did not attend the scene, while a local councillor believes the driver mistakenly drove down a walking path believing to be a road before getting stuck.
From BBC β Sep. 12, 2026
Hasegawa wants to see the base at Futenma redeveloped into homes and businesses, believing it will bring jobs in construction and other economic benefits “so that Okinawa can be a source of pride,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 11, 2026
In the 1960s and into the 1970s, he wanted immigration officials to keep out undocumented workers, believing they’d be exploited as strikebreakers for growers and erode his union’s bargaining power.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 9, 2026
“I came because I was forced, and believing my son lived here. Now he has gone none knows where. I must return to my youngest son, he will somehow support us.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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