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Plus, the risk to oil supplies grows with disruptions in the Red and Black seas, and Lydia Corbett’s high ponytail made her Picasso’s muse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Sing to them, muse, of an uncomplicated man.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Hockney made “A Bigger Splash” while living with his partner and muse, the artist Peter Schlesinger, on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

As they strolled through Tiananmen Square in Beijing last September, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to muse over the possibility that organ transplants could dramatically extend human life.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

But I am beginning to sound like the Beards and Parringtons and will soon totally forget Levy Pants, the commercial muse for this particular effort.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

"Leather on willow, country pubs and just the loveliness of England," she muses wistfully.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

It’s an odyssey Kuper, one of the sport’s preeminent journalists, muses on in his latest book “World Cup Fever: A Soccer Journey in Nine Tournaments.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

One day, he muses, his children might open a holographic interface and use biotech tools to design his grandchildren.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

“I wonder if he realizes he’s been the one grand passion in both our lives,” Jane muses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

“Strong family resemblance,” he muses, as if I were a specimen in a science lab.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

Greenspan is most well-known for his 1996 speech in which he mused about irrational exuberance in the financial markets.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

“If we stop telling ourselves that the world is so-and-so, the world will stop being so-and-so,” Don Juan mused.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

“We’ll see what kind of music they’re playing this morning up in the milk barn,” he mused.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

While trying to pick a vice-presidential candidate in 2024, Trump reportedly often mused: “Where is my Cary Grant?”

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

“You know,” Mr. Burke mused after a spell, “Connor’s mother used to do that. Keep a notebook.”

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Later, Feinmann said his words were not directed at the Mexican people — while musing that Sheinbaum had bigger things to worry about, like combating narco-trafficking, violence and corruption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

He noted however that Cuba has "a beautiful piece of land," musing: "You could have beautiful resorts."

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

The 95-second Mandarin-language video shows an officer walking through a military installation musing about ruthless power struggles at the top of the armed forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry; in secret chambers withered men compounded strong elixirs, or in high cold towers asked questions of the stars.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien