Example Sentences

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Much of the pre-show chatter was speculating if Lamar would pop out during Carti’s set.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

The market was speculating on what China could do next to revive the recovery but was disappointed by a lack of concrete measures from a cabinet meeting on Friday.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023

Georgetown University law professor Martin Lederman acknowledged on Twitter that he was speculating when he wrote that Gorsuch may have been undecided at first and that Roberts drafted an opinion siding with the employers.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2020

“Exactly the timetable we don’t know, but it’s good to hear that it wasn’t what everybody was speculating that it was.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2016

Then, while everyone at the track was speculating about what he was up to, Smith tacked up the horse, fished out the clock, and went to the track.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand