speculation
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That has fanned speculation the Federal Reserve and other central banks will have to hike interest rates to tame prices -- US diesel is already at a record of almost $6 a gallon.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
There’s also been speculation that Japanese authorities might quietly intervene again in foreign-exchange markets to further curb the yen’s downturn since September.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
There had been speculation about which school Prince George would attend when he finished at independent prep school Lambrook in Berkshire, with a number of private schools being suggested.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The failure of a heart-disease trial and takeover speculation hit its stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Later there was speculation that Emeline herself had trusted Holmes with her $800 savings, only to have it disappear in a fog of promises of lavish future returns.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
The path from these relatively reasonable speculations to nuclear apocalypse is, to say the least, another matter.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
Isolate your speculations in a separate account on a trading app you use only for that purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
The Russian embassy in Copenhagen denied "absurd speculations" of its involvement.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
The quickened pace of U.S. airstrikes in the region and the unusually large buildup of military force in the Caribbean Sea have fueled those speculations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Colonel Korn was the lawyer, and if Colonel Korn assured him that fraud, extortion, currency manipulation, embezzlement, income tax evasion and black-market speculations were legal, Colonel Cathcart was in no position to disagree with him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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