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Fans have been speculating about a major new twist in this series after trailers broadcast over Christmas showed a figure wearing a red cloak in a departure from the usual traitors' green.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

“For several days now, people in Chisinau have been speculating and wondering what decisions this forum might make,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Britney Spears fans have been speculating over whether her song Everytime contains references to the abortion she had in 2000.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

Although media writers have been speculating about Murdoch’s health for decades now, the is-Rupert-breathing rumor mill has been especially active in recent months.

From Slate • May 1, 2023

I have been speculating last night," wrote C. Darwin to his son Horace, "what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things; and a most perplexing problem it is.

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 by Marchant, James