Sentence examples for called the speculation from inspiring English sources

Ms. Cico called the speculation "a hurricane in a glass of water".

Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, called the speculation absurd, asserting that its operatives would have picked a much more valuable Israeli target.

FISHER RESPONDS TO RUMORS St. Louis Coach Jeff Fisher, addressing talk that he might be in line to coach at Southern California, where he played in college, called the speculation "absurd".

But last week, James Davis, a spokesman for Freedom Partners, called the speculation that the Kochs were backing Rubio, or spending against Trump, "completely false," telling BuzzFeed that "We have not intervened in the presidential primary, and we do not plan to engage".

But the company called the speculation"incorrect,"insisting that Ocean Spray is involved in a "long-term process" of exploring options.

Lucent's shares recovered somewhat, closing down 14percentt, at $6.75, after Deborah Hopkins, its chief financial officer, issued a late morning statement calling the speculation "baseless and irresponsible".

Lewis calls the speculation on an internal coup d'etat "an awfully strong extrapolation of very small things," including reports of a travel ban on Pyongyang residents and the presence of bodyguards with Hwang during his Incheon visit.

Bank officials called the report "speculation".

Lawyers for the three accused men have called the affidavit "speculation, innuendo, assumptions, and irrelevant inflammatory comments" and maintain their clients' innocence.

China called the accusations "groundless" speculation.Hundreds of people were believed killed in and around Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, as security forces cracked down on members of an extreme Islamist group, Hefezat, who were demonstrating for stricter Islamic policies.

Warner takes an honored place in the sequence of those who have studied what Isaiah Berlin and others have called the Counter-­Enlightenment, the speculations that renewed Neoplatonic and Gnostic heterodox versions of ancient wisdom.