gut feeling
Americannoun
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gut feelings
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What happens is, for a lot of people, you get a gut feeling, and then you try and reason with it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Sophia, can you compare the gut feeling you had when you found out Charles Manson was your grandfather to how you felt when you finished the documentary?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
"I know there is a big solidarity and everyone supports the same group. My gut feeling is supporters did not even know what was happening."
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
“My gut feeling is more of these are citizens than not.”
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026
You may well get a gut feeling that the applicant doesn’t really have what it takes, or maybe that he is a bit standoffish, or maybe that he doesn’t really want the job.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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