dubious
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Smith, for his part, is dubious about the veracity of the ransom notes - and believes Guthrie was ferreted down to Mexico where she could more easily be kept out of sight.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
After decades of ceremonial nods from Congress and statehouses across the country, Juneteenth then got its biggest, albeit most dubious, boost.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
A 1949 government audit found that two-thirds of the schools had dubious accounting.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026
Honestly, I’m dubious of the film’s certainty that folks even have the bandwidth to care about such news, let alone agree on what they’re seeing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
They received so many false reports of U-boat sightings that they dismissed this one as "dubious."
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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