Assuming
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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They kill themselves early in the film in what is clearly a case of believing too strongly in their own hype/assuming too much that the world works the way it does in cop movies.
Source: Parody Sue - Alternately, fans unfamiliar with the background of the work will insist on believing that the hypothesis is true after spending many years assuming it without being told otherwise; see Based on a Great Big Lie.
Source: Daydream Believer -
However, most of them are unaware that "Nathan" is really a shapeshifted Sylar brainwashed into believing that he's Nathan by Ma Petrelli and Matt Parkman, and the body being burned is merely a shapeshifter who died while assuming Sylar's appearance.
Source: Attending Your Own Funeral
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