hunch
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After 17 years with Daniel, I would — from a nonlegal, hunch perspective — think you had a pretty good case.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
But his team of trainers had a hunch that he might have another year in him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Why did you have a hunch that certain live sports were about to go mainstream, first bullfighting, then UFC?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Vivienne's hunch was confirmed - she had hypermobile joints.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
And I’ve got a hunch about that man.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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I have my hunches about what will happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
But most are not well versed in sifting through medical research, and separating high-quality evidence from anecdotes and hunches.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Much of the panic driving recent selloffs has been based on futuristic hunches or kneejerk assessments of the impact of new AI tools.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
For all the analysis, match-ups and hunches, India tours of the UK often seem to throw up controversies or off-field problems that alter the direction of the series.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
There are ancient ideas reverberating through this structure, very old hunches.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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"I always saw him in black, looking very serious and hunched over. He wouldn't say good morning or good evening."
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The soundtrack is a series of bleeps and pings as fresh data is fed to dozens of men in T-shirts and hoodies hunched over joysticks and keyboards.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
“Those last scenes with me looking like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden? Boy, I told him to get rid of those,” she said, referring to the documentary’s director, R.J.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026
It was a small place, crisscrossed with dirt roads that strung together a hundred-odd weathered brick houses hunched up on sandy soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
She was hunched over, like she was sick to her stomach.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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My adult physical life has been a mixed bag of hyper-athletic hot yoga, long country runs and hunching over my computer for days on end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
And I’m tired of hunching down in front of him and walking backward, offering up bits of kibble to tempt him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
“Untitled” opens with Joseph Sissons moving center stage, legs unfurling to the sky, torso hunching forward, body propelling into the air before coming to a dead stop.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
Many think the Brazilian men’s national team popularized the shift from squatting to hunching over for the front-row starters.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
If only the stools had backs, they said, then after hunching and hunching, they’d be able to rest a bit.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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