hunch
Example Sentences
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And so the striker's hunch proved correct - he did have a role to play.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Standing in a line, they fall into syncopated steps, slowly coming together for a single breath and hunch.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Monahan's own hunch centres on a subtype of the E. coli bacteria in the gut.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
And so he employs other tools: the hunch, the educated guess, even out-and-out speculation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Then he had an idea to test his hunch.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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