Suspicion
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587 examples of Suspicion in a sentence
From independence through the Civil War, that
suspicion
was strongest in the American South, where it was rooted in the fear that the federal government might abolish slavery.
For the financial system as a whole, success ultimately depends on trust and confidence, both of which, like
suspicion
and fear, are highly contagious.
The privacy of clients not under
suspicion
will thus continue to be protected by Swiss bank-client confidentiality.
When officers are required to articulate grounds for suspicion, they are more likely to rely on behavioral factors rather than prejudice.
Despite these resemblances – or precisely because of them – Trump and AMLO are almost certain to plunge US-Mexican relations to new depths of
suspicion
and strain, as objective factors and subjective fervors aggravate old tensions and fuel new ones.
Similarly, whereas the Koran requires four eyewitnesses as proof of adultery, mere
suspicion
of some unregulated, potentially sexual conduct by a woman warrants stoning under customary law.
There is also a
suspicion
that dirty capitalist pigs want to profit from the sale of opiate substitutes, regardless of whether they work.
They are united only by their shared
suspicion
of China.
But the credibility gap in France nowadays is such that anything short of comprehensive reform is likely to be regarded with
suspicion.
Only Europe can play the role of honest broker in the region’s atmosphere of
suspicion
and intolerance.
Where there is a legacy of violence and suspicion, it is hard for people to feel secure enough to enter into long-term contracts.
If one party exhibits cooperative behavior, its rival may feel forced to reciprocate, leading to a spiral of cooperation instead of retaliation, and of trust instead of
suspicion.
More recently, Noel Forgeard, the French co-CEO of the Franco-German aeronautical and defence company EADS, was forced to resign under a cloud of suspicion: he sold his EADS shares in March, before the company announced a costly delay in production of the Airbus A380.
Leaders should not become entangled in details that fuel
suspicion
of their counterparts’ motives, lest they lose sight of the bigger picture.
The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan met in New Delhi recently, after a gap of more than 15 months, the terrorist attacks of November 11, 2008 having frozen bilateral relations between the two countries in
suspicion
and mutual recrimination.
More recently, Karim Wade, the son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, was arrested on
suspicion
that he amassed a fortune of roughly $1.5 billion during his father’s presidency, when he held senior ministerial positions.
Furthermore, the
suspicion
that economists have been captured by the financial industry, expressed in the 2010 movie Inside Job, has not been dispelled.
That perception naturally raised the
suspicion
that self-interest had become Civic Platform’s main motivation.
By contrast, suppressing the freedom of speech of Islam’s critics merely gives rise to the
suspicion
that evidence and sound argument cannot show their arguments to be mistaken.
If we do, we will confirm their
suspicion
that democracy is respected only when they are disrespected.
On the left, many worry that President Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, and other leaders are already focusing too much on increasing accountability: they view any reforms that treat teachers as part of the problem with
suspicion.
This immediately raised
suspicion
that the CBR delayed the interest-rate hike in order to complete the deal at the lower rate.
By arousing latent Islamophobia in the West and inducing both publics and governments to treat Muslims with suspicion, they hope to convince young Muslims that there is no alternative to terrorism.
In the second, Keynesian version of capitalism, markets were viewed with suspicion, while government intervention was assumed to be correct.
But if the two countries fail to overcome their bad old habits of mutual suspicion, their remaining – quite powerful – nuclear arsenals will continue to serve deterrence and self-deterrence.
All of this strengthened the public’s
suspicion
that the system is fixed in favor of the rich and powerful, who are never held to account.
Iranian rulers have as little trust in the West as the West has in them, and they continue to increase international
suspicion
by their words and actions.
Instead, this time, Americans’ sadness was mingled with cynicism and
suspicion.
A month earlier, he had considered prohibiting the use of the niqab in public services, raising
suspicion
about the true motive behind the decision on refugees.
Any deviation from officially sanctioned behavior would be treated with
suspicion
and most likely punished.
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