hunch
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Hartnett’s hunch appears to be playing out as several other commentators in the market have also decided the yields on offer in fixed-income markets are compelling.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 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
It was a hunch that took her six years to see to fruition, but the library’s very own “Mold-a-Central” now sits in the alcove of the lower fourth floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
In another group, the tablet lay flat on a desk set at a lower height, which encouraged participants to lean forward and hunch over.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Otto said, “I have a hunch, but we should go into town to confirm.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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I have my hunches about what will happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Dott's lawyer, Euan Dow, said emotions in such cases were natural, and urged jurors to not to decide the verdicts on "hunches" or "suspicions".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
Finch hunches over the dash and slows down to a crawl.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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Instead, he was hunched over in a single foldout plastic chair in an otherwise empty room, looking spent.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Hernández could only watch the ball soar, hunched over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 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
But I could still feel my shoulders hunched almost up to my ears as I walked across the short grass toward the shed.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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To challenge that, he made Clark Kent a nerd, hunching his shoulders, making him sputter with nervousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
A heating pad pressed on a particularly tight area of your lower back can help it feel looser after a long day of lifting boxes or hunching at your computer.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
I browsed for hours, and by the time I was done my back was sore from hunching over crates and my arms ached from all the records I was toting around.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
“If you give me your pack, I’ll carry it back to town . . .” “Oh no you won’t,” she growled, sliding her arms through the straps and hunching the weight up into place.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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