suspicious
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The now 20-year-old, who claims to have left the group, is highly suspicious of our presence, but agrees to tell us how the gang recruits young members.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Election workers noticed suspicious behavior and reported it, prompting an investigation.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Researchers first became suspicious that type VI retrons were different when they could not detect the single-stranded DNA normally associated with these systems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Decentralized platforms like Aave eventually shut down loans to those suspicious accounts, but the hackers ultimately escaped with some $2.4 billion in un-freezable crypto assets, according to TRM.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Then brothers John and William Garrett grabbed blankets and a pistol and spent the night in the corn house, watching the tobacco barn and waiting, listening for suspicious sounds in the night.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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