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• In the 1950s, her father, Dave Sime, was widely believed to have been the fastest man in the world.
  — Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
• It was widely believed that Brown knew at least some of the victims.
  — Hannah Schoenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
• It was widely believed the Aztecs were doing that with eyes on joining the Pac-12.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2023
• If the Princes in the Tower were dead, as was widely believed at the time, then Elizabeth should have been next in line to the throne.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
• It’s widely believed that the brain releases large amounts of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) at the time of death.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
• This was, at one time, widely believed to be MDMA’s year.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
• One name is widely believed to be off the table: Peter II.
  — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
• It is widely believed these are the games upon which the Amazon series will be based.
  — Michileen Martin, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
• It is widely believed that there are a few ghosts still lurking in the infamous prison.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
• But it is widely believed to have kept some of the weapons and was accused of using them again in subsequent years.
  — Sarah El Deeb, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
• Once the captain of Swift’s fabled squad, Kloss is widely believed to have fallen out with Swift sometime in the mid-2010s.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 10 Aug. 2023
• Put simply, that means there is a lot less precision to a poll than widely believed.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• It's widely believed that the average person speaks over 7,000 words a day.
  — John Lowe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Stablecoins — widely believed to be crypto’s killer app — were a bright spot in the third quarter.
  — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
• The nation was one of the last to criminalize slavery, and the practice is widely believed to persist in parts of the country.
  — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
• This is widely believed to be the first time the date for pitchers and catchers reporting is before the Super Bowl.
  — Juliette Arcodia, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024
• The attack was widely believed to be carried out by Israel.
  — Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
• And while it was widely believed to be the last film from the famed animator, Miyazaki appears to have other ideas.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023
• The song, from her 2024 album The Tortured Poets Department, is widely believed to be about him.
  — Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
• This is widely believed to be because the report likely over-relied on AI.
  — Perry Carpenter, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
• It’s widely believed that the country will receive at least 24 fighter jets in total.
  — Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2024
• It is widely believed that Cousins will remain the backup, and the Falcons have no interest in moving him.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
• Apple is working on a folding iPhone, it’s widely believed, which may arrive as soon as next year.
  — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
• The Smoot-Hawley tariffs of the 1930s are widely believed to have worsened the Depression, and some pundits have drawn parallels to that era overnight.
  — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
• To get around this it is widely believed that Russia has been paying huge premiums to buy aging oil tankers.
  — David Cay Johnston, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• It is widely believed that Yeats had painted himself and his wife prominently within the crowd.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
• Boise State did not give a reason for those forfeits, but it is widely believed the players were protesting being forced to play against a trans athlete.
  — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
• It is not widely believed that Archimedes used a single parabolic mirror, as it cannot be aimed the same way a flat mirror can.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• It's widely believed that growth equals higher water use.
  — Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• It was widely believed that Leftwich would receive a Jacksonville homecoming as the Jaguars’ head coach.
  — Mike Jones, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024