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He added that journalists were "presuming I had something I didn't have", but said "I had something far more serious."

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

"I must say that as a boy you were presuming enough."

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster

They were presuming to whisper in corners, like their betters.

From Man and Wife by Collins, Wilkie

Shelby’s ragged Missourians had tossed on straw for the 245lack of quinine, and yet were presuming to save this gorgeous empire of golden spurred gentlemen.

From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)

They were somewhat cleaner, a trifle better clad, and somewhat changed in their general aspect, for here they were presuming themselves to be “poor but honest” working people, like their neighbors.

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.