How to Use under suspicion in a Sentence
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And there is Lea (Lucy Boynton), the rosy sister of a cadet who later comes under suspicion.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Dec. 2022
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Santana was booked into jail under suspicion of felony child abuse charges.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2023
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The state police union has sued to block the release of the names of the troopers under suspicion until the investigations conclude.
—Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
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In other words, Luft has been under suspicion and investigation for some time, and the government came down on him before even the midterm elections.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 14 July 2023
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The agents seized two young men, one from Bangladesh and one from Algeria, under suspicion of working in the United Kingdom without authorization.
—Michael Clemens and Justin Sandefur, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2013
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The historic building was under suspicion of being attacked.
—Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
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The other driver, who had a green light at the time of the crash, was initially arrested under suspicion of driving while intoxicated but wasn't charged, police said Thursday.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
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The recall is connected to pineapple provided by a third-party supplier, and any frozen fruits that may have come in contact—even if pineapple was not included in the blend—are under suspicion.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 23 June 2023
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Both are under suspicion of professional negligence in relation to the crowd crush resulting in deaths and injuries.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
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Chase’s wife was being held under suspicion of abandonment/concealment of a dead body and tampering with evidence.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
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The driver of the second vehicle, a 32-year-old woman, is under suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023
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Third day was deciding which employees were under suspicion and isolating / ring fencing them, etc.
—Betsy Atkins, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
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The Copyright Office’s rule will also create an incentive for digital artists to lie about how their work is created, which in turn will put all digital artwork under suspicion.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2023
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The driver of the Kia Sedona, a 20-year-old woman, was arrested under suspicion of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, police said.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023
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In this town besieged by armadillos, anything with a passing similarity to the armored nemesis is under suspicion.
—Oliver Milman, Wired, 20 Nov. 2021
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Since at least 2009, the sheriff’s office has limited chases to drivers under suspicion of a dangerous felony and situations where there is an immediate danger to the safety of others.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
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It should be remembered that Xavi has his career as a player under suspicion, because his matches are being investigated by the Prosecutor's Office and a judge.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
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She was arrested under suspicion of releasing an intelligence report that detailed Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections before being sentenced to five years and three months in prison, the longest ever for the crime.
—Rachel Seo, Variety, 29 May 2023
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But despite those efforts, Yushchyk’s church has fallen under suspicion from Ukrainian authorities.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
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In fact, the audit found that the reports under suspicion were almost 10 percentage points more likely than verified reports to involve white drivers, and about 4.5 percentage points less likely to involve Black or Hispanic drivers.
—Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
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Security officials said that Ott had been under suspicion for years before his arrest last year but that Austrian authorities were never able to bring a prosecution.
—Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
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Internal affairs investigators obtained warrants to search the work lockers of the officers under suspicion, but a request to search their homes for additional evidence was denied, according to sources briefed on the matter.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
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Although the media didn’t ignore the fact that Adams had repeatedly been under suspicion of ethical lapses, the question of corruption hardly dominated his media coverage.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
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Although immediately under suspicion by the police, Johnson was never charged.
—Colleen Halpin, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2023
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Forty-two people were arrested under suspicion of domestic terrorism, with five individuals facing state charges and three bail fund organizers looking at money laundering charges, according to the ACLU.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023
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Lugo-Romero was booked under suspicion of burglary, violation of protection order, trespassing, resisting/delaying arrest, possession of burglary tool, theft, possession of drug paraphernalia and probation violation.
—Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 July 2022
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