Example Sentences

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It shows Ferrari’s ability to control shipments, revenues and margins in a manner that many had doubted after the underwhelming growth targets presented last October, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Most analysts had doubted that BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank which has a large footprint in Turkey and Latin America, would secure more than 50 percent of Sabadell's shares, a threshold needed for outright control.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Mills and the other actors had doubted that the movie would ever reach theaters.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

It also said that more than a quarter of pet owners it surveyed had doubted at some point whether a recommended treatment was really necessary.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023

Ralph was an unusually smart mouse, something he had doubted only once in a while.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary