well-founded

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City beat Sunderland 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium on December 6, but Guardiola predicted a far more difficult encounter in the rematch and his fears proved well founded.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

Doug Peterson, the former Nebraska attorney general who helped spearhead the GOP’s antitrust strategy, believes the Republican antitrust scrutiny is well founded.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2025

This announcement suggests those doubts were well founded.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

Dean's fear that many of the lawyers who aided Nixon would be indicted proved to be well founded.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2023

When these are well founded and have greatness in them, they make a man revered and admirable; and in Italy there is no lack of material for introducing every form there.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli