suppose
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“I suppose once we got that far, everyone knows the deal.”
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
"I'd managed for so long, but I suppose I knew that the hair wasn't always going to be there and something needed to be done," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“I suppose when I look through 250, 300 years since the Industrial Revolution, for every new technology, we’ve heard the same story of this being negative for jobs,” Reid said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
I don’t think I knew that that was a realistic aspiration … until I was on it, I suppose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
She glanced at Christopher and said, “I suppose it’s a kind of goodbye then.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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The Romans of the Empire had much to be proud of, one supposes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s newest film, supposes that music has the power to conjure spirits past, present and evil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Big scientific discoveries tend to attract myths which supposes their creation to have occurred "at one moment by one person", but the overarching research "tends to need collaboration across national boundaries," he added.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025
The pathway for law students supposes that law schools will be involved in some level, Rooksby said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
“Anatsou prefers his tricks, but...but he supposes the human girl’s logic is sound. She has won Anatsou’s game, and so...”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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She was supposed to be at the Ambassador Hotel the night of Kennedy’s assassination, she said, but her parents made her go to bed because she had school in the morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The brand-new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is supposed to complete a groundbreaking “survey” of the universe, the most comprehensive catalog of its galaxies, asteroids, supernovas and black holes ever completed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
While these systems "are normally on a closed network" and "are not supposed to be accessible from the Internet", a number of them ended up being exposed "to anyone with some basic knowledge", he added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The unit was supposed to be on leave but had been urgently recalled to police the weekend protests, he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
I supposed this was James, and despite my scorn for Ma’s little ploy, an involuntary tic of curiosity ran through me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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“I would be a little leery of supposing that it’s a gaming of the system in order to get some unfair advantage,” Vaughn said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
"I always prefer the facts to words, or supposing things," said Arteta.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
And they said, “Look, supposing you were to report on a murder in Oakland with a voice like that. Stuart, you’ve got no credibility,” and that was that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
After being asked if he knew why he had been stopped, the driver responded, “Yeah, because I was on the wrong side of the road,” further supposing that he must have missed an exit.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
“You are mistaken in supposing me a beggar. I am no beggar; any more than yourself or your young ladies.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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