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Study authors surmised that the concentrations fell, in part, because businesses removed the chemicals from their goods to avoid warning labels.

My friend immediately surmised that the U.S. was somehow behind the coup attempt: Did I also believe it?

Some worried about physical attacks by Trump supporters; others, he surmised, thought the film too risky for their careers in a politically divisive age.

Another surmised her symptoms were the result of dehydration.

If she was going to talk to anyone, Goode surmised, it would more likely be a guy whose “livelihood was also shut down because of animal rights groups” than the guy who made “Tiger King.”