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
"Then I was quite sure that my gut feeling was right and that it was a western reef heron in front of me," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 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
Blue-green eyes and a gut feeling that Blue was Cal?
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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