doubt
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When in doubt, Pillow advises asking yourself, “If this person were my son, would I want someone talking to him like that?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech left little doubt that the Fed is prepared to lift interest rates if necessary.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Donald Rumsfeld’s comment that “it could last six days, six weeks, I doubt six months.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
“There is no doubt in my mind that protecting women and girls, and ensuring they have ownership over their own bodies, has to be a priority for all of us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I doubt she will have texted me,” I warn.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
"I have my doubts, but we'll have to wait and see what happens."
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
There remain questions around whether those per-90 numbers would survive a heavier workload, while his finishing record at Chelsea explains why doubts have followed him.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“The Court has doubts that caselaw supports the construction of ‘fugitive’ that Texas is considering,” he wrote in a footnote.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Banks large and small have started to warm up to the idea of their own stablecoins, despite early doubts from some executives that there will be much demand for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
I could see he had his doubts, that he still was not sure he believed her.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
But there were periods since 2019 when Hunt doubted if such moments would be possible.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The great contradiction in Zhu’s career is that he never seems to have doubted the necessity of Communist Party control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He has admitted he doubted himself at times last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Since then, in rare public statements, Sutskever has publicly doubted whether simply scaling up current paradigms is sufficient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“I thought it might be easier if you doubted him. And I gave you a year to find a way for the circus to continue without you. You have not. I am stepping in.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
For Lyttle, having worked with Charles at age-group level with Northern Ireland, there was never any doubting his potential.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He sees the junk that AI puts out is a shot in the arm for creatives who are doubting their own instincts.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
But families, charities and firms said the measure will do little to help squeezed budgets, with some doubting the tax saving would be passed on to customers.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Brent crude rose back above $105 a barrel as enthusiasm dimmed, with many market participants doubting the U.S. and Iran will reach an agreement on Hormuz and Tehran’s nuclear program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
There was no doubting any longer that the girl was spying on him.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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