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
Maddox: The first gut feeling was complete disempowerment, devastation and anxiety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
I am going with my heart here, really, because I want to see an Argentina-England semi-final, but my gut feeling is Messi will have another moment to send his team through.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
"As to the level, I think that would have to be subject to wider review of political funding but my gut feeling would suggest somewhere in the region of £500k," Burnham wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
She said to him, “I have a gut feeling they’re not going to be able to contain the virus in that one room.”
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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