Sentence examples for longstanding speculation from inspiring English sources

That association had given rise to longstanding speculation that he was a spy.

|  Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group Holding, made a joke about an I.P.O. for the company, a subject of longstanding speculation.

Still, puns aside, the two studies may shed some light on the longstanding speculation about what effect, if any, the phases of the moon have on animal behavior.

But perhaps more important, the management shift has intensified longstanding speculation that Mr. Heyer, 49, a rare company outsider who arrived last year from Turner Broadcasting, is being groomed as the successor to Douglas N. Daft, the chief executive.

Her opponents immediately denounced her latest move and linked it to longstanding speculation that she wanted to remain in public office to maintain her immunity from prosecution and ward off investigations of her presidency.

Along with a special hat tip to his gay fanbase, Josh Groban addressed longstanding speculation over his sexuality in a new PrideSource interview.

Representatives of the show declined to comment in any way on the reports on Wednesday, citing a longstanding policy of not addressing  speculation about the coming selection of a co-host.

What is less and less speculation is my longstanding sense that Moscow and its spymaster president Vladimir Putin is out to delegitimize rather than defeat the Clintons, who first stirred up Russian enmity with their plan to expand NATO toward post-Soviet Russia's borders back in the 1990s.

His name already has been linked to speculation involving the Timberwolves' longstanding interest in acquiring Pau Gasol to pair him with his fellow Spaniard Rubio.

The gala raised speculation that Kim would relax longstanding constraints on artistic expression and social behavior imposed by his father and grandfather since North Korea's emergence as a separate state after World War II.

Elsewhere, the current prime minister, Manmohan Singh, sat with his counterpart, Yusuf Raza Gilani, from Pakistan, amid speculation that "cricket diplomacy" might ease longstanding tensions between the neighbours.Messrs Singh and Gilani earned noisy cheers as they strolled together on the grass shortly before the first ball was bowled.