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But he studiously avoided his own, an absence that disappointed many and fueled ongoing speculation about why.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Oil prices extended Tuesday's drop as investors kept tabs on the Middle East after Trump confirmed US strikes on Iran but played down speculation he was preparing to resume bombing after the election.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

I can’t stop you from eating up the speculation on your feeds, but I can’t recommend it either.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Early in his second term, the country plunged into a depression fueled partially by railroad speculation and doubts about the U.S. dollar’s convertibility into gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

We don’t know much about his life or career, and there’s speculation, but no evidence, that he learned directly from Corax.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

The paper notes that Tehran has "categorically" rejected and strongly condemned the "malicious speculations", but adds that the exact nature of what happened near Fairford "remains unclear".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Iran’s Embassy in the U.K. categorically rejected attempts to link Iran to the arrests, calling the reports unfounded and malicious speculations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

According to Page Six, the speculations about the romance caused a “feud” between Batula and Miller, who were particularly close in Season 10 of “Summer House.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

The path from these relatively reasonable speculations to nuclear apocalypse is, to say the least, another matter.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

Griffith’s identification of a chemical capable of carrying hereditary instructions between organisms—the “gene molecule”—would have sparked a thousand speculations and restructured the chemical theory of life.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee