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Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart, who is running for governor of Connecticut, said she had suspected Stanley’s last hometown plant was marked for closure but never got a straight answer from the company.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Before Leavitt’s comments, many analysts had suspected that the BLS would find a way to release some October inflation figures, even if the report was backed by less data than usual.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Although astronomers had suspected that there were other worlds around distant stars there had been no proof until that point.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

Hurwitz, who had suspected his house was among those destroyed early in the fire, got confirmation from a photograph published by the New York Times that showed his home overtaken by flames.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

She was hanging upside down from the top bunk to see if her hair would touch the floor, but her golden-blond locks came three inches shy, as she had suspected.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart