hunch
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Did Nvidia executives have a hunch that Jensen Huang’s dealings with Megaspeed and Alice Huang were a potential problem?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
It feels great to act on a hunch and profit, but that ETF you bought might not have gone up because of what’s on the label.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
Vivienne's hunch was confirmed - she had hypermobile joints.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ares seemed to hunch down even further, as if crushed by the weight of the anger against him.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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I have my hunches about what will happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The government’s explanations for the arrests, wrote Judge Jennifer Thurston in Fresno, “rely on unsupported assumptions, hunches and generalizations about the relationship between a person’s apparent status as a day laborer and their immigration status.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 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
When the workweek began, we’d convene with analysts from other agencies to murder-board our hunches on how and where the next attack might occur.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025
Christina hunches over, unable to support her own grief, and Cara embraces her, and all I’m doing is standing still.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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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
They sat hunched inside the glass courtroom cage for most of the hearings, backs to the line of TV cameras.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Even though he had no notable operations outside the U.S., he hunched toward a microphone and said in a halting voice, “Hilcorp is fully committed and ready to go to rebuilding the infrastructure in Venezuela.”
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
"Everything seems normal to me, things seem fine," Luis Cardona, a Colombian who was visiting with his wife, told AFP, shoulders hunched against the wind and rain.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
On the other side of the room, a hunched old woman leaned against a large staff.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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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
She is unassuming, often hunching her shoulders and bowing her head modestly as she walks toward the starting blocks before a race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
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
"Then I saw a monkey hunching over my child."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2022
We skid into a nest with a pair of soldiers, hunching down behind the barrier.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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