How to Use might/should have known in a Sentence

might/should have known

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• Everybody should have known in the 1960s that they might have been exposed to it.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
• And the gun sellers knew or should have known that these guns would lead to gut-wrenching murder.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 18 July 2023
• With the Sinaitic teachings and the Tabernacle in place, the Jews should have known better than to falter again.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
• Frankly, those who fell for these mirages should have known better.
  — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
• The sheriff’s office did not say how the 10-year-old suspect and the victim might have known each other.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
• The thief probably should have known not to mess with someone like Bisping.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
• But veteran Del Rey fans should have known better than to get their hopes up.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
• Durov should have known that as a French citizen, the state will get you at some stage in your life, and so last week he was arrested in France.
  — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
• But the idea that Tex McIver should have known better was about to become a central and recurring theme for the 75-year-old lawyer.
  — Maureen Maher, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2024
• As a public official, Burchett should have known and done better.
  — David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
• But, at the same time…someone should have known that there was a possibility that someone would say that.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2023
• The format was impossible and CNN’s bosses should have known that.
  — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2023
• The new rules make clear that drones can't be exported if the exporter knows − or should have known − the drones could be used for military purposes.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• The council knew the contract was coming and the budget committee should have known the likely amount needed for a while, Czilli said.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
• The lawsuit also says that other coaches on the basketball team should have known what was going on.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• Holmes’ lawsuit argues that Riverside knew, or should have known, about the abuse of children and teenagers who played basketball for the church program, and should have taken steps to stop the abuse.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Apr. 2025
• Whether Shiv should have known better is a question Succession dances around quite often.
  — Vulture, 29 May 2023
• By now, the Angels should have known Ohtani well enough to understand that his desire to play, and win, overwhelms his every other instinct.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• The tanker had relayed its coordinates, the man said, meaning all other vessels in the area should have known its position.
  — CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
• If the case had gone to trial, the school district’s liability would have hinged on whether other employees of the school district could have or should have known about the abuse.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• The prosecution would have had to prove at trial that Templin should have known or had reason to know that the man was an officer when Templin struck him.
  — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 22 Jan. 2025
• Prosecutors allege Chavez should have known this was not a reason for ketamine use.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• Waste management experts tell The Verge that a large company like Tesla should have known better.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024
• This group in particular should have known this and declined to be played by such an obvious charlatan.
  — Keith Bromery, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
• Detectives pulled in drapes, dope addicts, drunks staggering out of bars, truck drivers, soldiers, school chums and anyone else who might have known her.
  — Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
• The prosecution has very carefully pulled out a sliver of evidence from a forest of trees to try to convince that there was something wrong with Ethan and that his mom should have known.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2024
• Employees at the hotel also should have known about the broken revolving door before Truschke's death, the complaint says.
  — Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
• The lawsuit states that the staff should have known that the revolving door was not working correctly and that the hotel was not compliant with safety regulations.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
• Critics say the allegations against Vereb raise questions about whether Shapiro should have known about his alleged behavior and worked harder to prevent it.
  — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2024
• Skaggs’ family argues the Angels knew, or should have known, about Skaggs’ drug use prior to his death.
  — Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025