Speculates

Darwin speculates that the real "knowledge of good and evil" may have been the realization of the cruelty involved in hunting animals for sustenance ❋ Unknown (2006)

Starobin speculates that Putin may be shifting Russia away from the religious dead zone it occupied during the Soviet era to what Starobin terms a "Patriotic Orthodoxy" — a strong government animated by a current of religion. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Safin speculates that he didn't get healthy until after the French Open, which ends in early June. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Schantag speculates that a lot of men, particularly from the ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also, while the Northern Exposure restaurant isn't open or publicly accessible, Twin Restaurant "speculates" it will infringe, according to the filings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Such leniency can be only in one case: if Armenia gives the international community what it expects from Armenia," speculates "Haykakan Zhamanak." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although we don't yet have an official announcement from Facebook or Google, Playfish's popular game Who Has the Biggest Brian? allowing "Android fans … to play together with their Facebook friends anytime, anywhere." speculates, "that presumably means that the Android game uses the same Facebook Connect technology as the iPhone version - which as far as we're aware is the first implementation of Facebook Connect in an Android game or application." ❋ Unknown (2009)

And everybody kind of speculates about it, but there's not a darn thing we can do about it, nor is there any strategy we can do except possibly have it discounted. " ❋ Unknown (2006)

To overtake Exxon Mobil, Tech Crunch speculates that Apple will need another year that is as amazing for the company as 2010, which saw the debut of the iPad. ❋ Hayley Tsukayama (2011)

This depression, he speculates, was triggered by years of alcohol abuse and during the “manifest crisis” by the overuse of the sleeping pill Halcyon. ❋ Jill Bialosky (2011)

Even though he was just a few blocks from a big university, he speculates that he and the Grape overestimated the Raleigh sophisticates' taste for wine and gourmet food on a regular basis. ❋ Rob Johnson (2011)

After tonight, it's back to partisan business-as-usual: Mark Blumenthal speculates that tonight's speech could paradoxically mark the end of a period of relative calm lame duck cooperation, Tucson shooting in our politics, ushering in a return to the usual partisan food-fighting. ❋ Greg Sargent (2011)

Marc Thiessen speculates that the case of Ahmed Ghailani-the first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in federal civilian courts who was today sentenced to life in prison-correctly convinced the Obama administration that military commissions are the only viable option for prosecuting Guantanamo detainees. ❋ Human Rights First (2011)

Memo to Josh Kroenke: it is impossible to get excited about a team that is doomed to die, especially when any and all media coverage surrounding said team speculates on its non-committal star and bleak fate. ❋ Sam Dudley (2011)

And if, as Arrington speculates, it may by a Wi-Fi and 3G data-only phone built around a voice-over-IP-enabled version of Google Voice, Google would find itself in competition both with handset makers and wireless carriers, who are anxious to preserve their threatened revenues from voice service. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Journal points to a 2009 study that speculates 54% of illegal immigrants would slip through E-Verify. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Despommier speculates that if nothing is done to advance current farming techniques, 3 billion people could face starvation by 2060. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[People] be speculating [too much]. ❋ Lil Cc (2006)

Stop being a speculator, [i don't want to] [buy] [porn] for 10$s. ❋ Jessica (2004)

Given what we've [learned] up to this point, [speculize] what our [next steps] should be. ❋ Margaritadrinker (2010)

"i'm speculous about [joe's] story from the doctor" "did he say he doesn't have AIDS" "yeah, i let him [ramble on] but i [call bs]" ❋ AndresG (2006)

"You have some speculation [in the corner] of your mouth." "No, I was just eating some [ranch] [wings]." ❋ Thespeculator (2009)

....."I would speculate her," or as you hold hands with your girl and a [good looking] woman walks by, you [nod] to [your boys] and simply say, "speculate." ❋ Splendens78 (2011)

See, [that's the thing] with speculation. You make [a spec] out of you, and some guy named [lation]. ❋ YHHAWNFTPSHI (2009)

"[Speculate to accumulate]!" cried John, asking steve for the last crispy notes in his wallet. [Eyeing up] the tail at the bar, steve gladly turned over the contents of his wallet to John, who promptly brought the ladies a drink each. After some thirty minutes, John threw up over one of the fine females, making the money a [write off] due to his poor ability to handle drink. Steve's brother then started to insult one of the lasses, and they stormed off. ❋ Kung-fu Jesus (2004)

[Tyson] turned out to be [hetero-speculative], as I heard he was in the [pride parade] yesterday. ❋ El Ritardo (2018)

The word "[speculative fiction]" was coined by American [sci-fi] author Robert A. [Heinlein] ❋ Nordicdragon (2018)