supposedly
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The beauty of Cleopatra, the ancient Egyptian queen, supposedly changed all of history because she attracted a Roman leader.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Bill Bedgood, who coached Giancarlo Stanton of the New York Yankees when he was an All-CIF basketball player at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in 2007, supposedly retired from coaching after the 2023-24 season at Valencia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Even today’s supposedly towering diesel price, at $6.28, remains below the peak reached during the housing-construction boom in 2008.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
"I came to a country that supposedly champions liberty, justice, rule of law, only to be shocked when I entered these detention centers that all my rights were left outside," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Mother already secretly offered him her wedding ring plus a thousand dollars, which supposedly we’d dig up after we got back to Georgia without Father or any visible means of self-support.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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