contemplates
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Paul McCartney releases an album inspired by his youth in Liverpool, Marilyn Monroe gets a centenary-celebrating exhibition in Los Angeles, Brendan Fraser’s Dwight D. Eisenhower contemplates storming the beaches of Normandy, and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
When asked if he sees himself as Ruben, Gadd contemplates the question, debating whether it’s his “jetlagged brain” or ambivalence about finding some of Ruben within him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
The film boldly contemplates the atmosphere of Brontë’s novel with both a straight face and a sense of humor.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
The Constitution contemplates Congress having limited law-enforcement powers and even specifies crimes it can punish: treason, counterfeiting, “offences against the law of nations” and “piracies and felonies on the high seas.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
The more one contemplates the hot viruses, the less they look like parasites and the more they begin to look like predators.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
