speculation
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MPs, councillors and ministers I've talked to are all frustrated by the speculation, with no little irritation towards the wannabe contenders in a leadership race.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Cease-fire hopes helped kick off the rally, and artificial-intelligence speculation, soaring tech stocks and some positive economic data points have extended it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
That’s when incumbent Lindsey Horvath ended weeks of speculation and announced she would not run for mayor of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
On currency markets, the yen held up against the dollar a day after surging on speculation Japanese authorities had stepped in to provide support.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Pure speculation of course, but something had certainly broken my lute string, and I didn’t doubt for a second that Ambrose would try something of the sort.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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