where there's smoke
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“I tend to think where there’s smoke there’s fire,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Last Friday, the 51-year-old said "where there's smoke, there's fire" amid rumours about his job.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025
The way this was built up — where there's smoke there would be fire…but where there's smoke today, we got more smoke...The promise of explosive testimony and proof …did not materialize today.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2023
“I think it really undermines public confidence in the system because to some people where there’s smoke there’s fire,” said Dan Korobkin, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022
Oh, I suppose you didn’t if you say so, but people always are ready to say that where there’s smoke there must be some fire!
From Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites by Myers, Anna Balmer
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