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“I and the other photographers on the boat were supposing he was going to make a kick-out, and that’s what he did. So I pushed the button.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

They were supposing him still exercising the only function of which he was capable; he wasn't good for anything else.

From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster

They thought of their friends at Sawston, who were supposing them to be now tilting against the powers of evil.

From Where Angels Fear to Tread by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

It is true that there is little enough of any such mental activity directed to the instructive uses we were supposing.

From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by Foster, John

"Certainly they were; supposing there were to be doubts raised as to the validity of your marriage or the legitimacy of your child?"

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre