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surmise

[ser-mahyz, ser-mahyz, sur-mahyz] / sərˈmaɪz, sərˈmaɪz, ˈsɜr maɪz /




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Christmas storms had dumped 5 feet of snow and he surmised that’s when they got stuck — and hadn’t had anything to eat or drink in the weeks since.

From Los Angeles Times

"There's lots of good things about these platforms, but there's just too much bad stuff," he surmises.

From BBC

The author surmises that Goebbels discovered this and devised a way to get rid of her—sending Ruth out of Germany while simultaneously helping Japan establish a spy network in Hawaii.

From The Wall Street Journal

A consensus was quickly clear: "Please bring back the previous format," one person surmised on social media.

From BBC

He surmised that "Epstein knew a lot about taxes".

From BBC