harbored

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This confirms fears that Iran has harbored for weeks or months.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

What was so broken that I harbored such overwhelming envy?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Grace had harbored ambitions of succeeding her husband but was sidelined by Mnangagwa's supporters.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Mar Vista parent Angelica Mistro, whose children have long attended Freedom Surf Camps, said that earlier this year she briefly harbored “those doubts” about the safety of the ocean after the fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

And if any of the writers assembled on the ramp that day harbored any doubt that Ky Ebright was taking the Washington threat seriously, those doubts were put to rest directly.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown