gut feeling
Americannoun
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gut feelings
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“I’d had this gut feeling for a long time. It wasn’t love toward the end. I was being used like a mule.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
My gut feeling is Ipswich will score, but Liverpool will still edge the win after two successive 2-2 draws.
From BBC ● Sep. 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
Tino Livramento, another who has had fitness issues, can play on both flanks, which begs the question as to whether the inclusion of Newcastle United's Dan Burn is one Tuchel gut feeling too many.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
I suddenly wanted to blame it all on the Gator mascot, but knew I needed more than that, and more than just a gut feeling that the place was all wrong for me.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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