dwell
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Not that Emmett or Cindy allowed any of their kids to dwell on it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
I’m sure she would want you to live your best life, and not dwell on the financial aspect of her death.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Huang reserved his sharpest warning for governments that dwell on the technology's risks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Container dwell times at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach rose to their highest level in more than a year on surging imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Every house has only a single square room and a thatched roof, under which might dwell the likes of Robinson Crusoe.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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One often feels with Hitchcock that beneath the director of thrillers dwells a frustrated psychoanalyst, eager to penetrate the hidden depths of the human personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Curiously, the book also dwells little on Monroe’s own literary ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
He never dwells on errors, he just kicks on.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Winston’s rise to notoriety sets the stage for “Bloodline,” which dwells on the upbringing of those children in the shadow of their con-artist father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
For even Dennis Hoagland understands that in every betrayal dwells a self-betrayal, which brings you that much closer to a reckoning.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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The episode, which is titled “Burying the Hatchet” and aired in full Sunday, was a relatively chummy public reunion that dwelled little on the origins of their rift.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
What I really dwelled on was thinking about how to tell this story in a way that was approachable and entertaining for people.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
“The God who once dwelled among His people in this city still calls us in the words of Scripture,” the president said in a speech at Israel’s parliament in October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
In an interview, Mr. Heffernan said he had not dwelled on trying to understand what was behind the attack.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
She dwelled on the long years Ammu would be put away because of them.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph Calypso on her island.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
On average, their eyes dwelt on their screen for longer when the language was angry and emotive.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Indeed, commentators seem to have dwelt on little else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Although the globe's top financiers dwelt little on the conflict, speaking about topics such as artificial intelligence, the economic fallout of war combined with record debts as rates rise created a bleak backdrop.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2023
Samuel’s jeweled, sardonic eyes dwelt on Tom’s face until Tom said, “What’s the matter, Father?”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Now, Jolie has officially found a buyer for the six-bedroom, 10-bathroom dwelling, where she has lived with her kids since she and Pitt split, as first reported by Mansion Global.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
This included growth in residential building in July, driven by a rise in home alterations and improvements as well as new construction of most dwelling types.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Galicia didn’t get the protection he needed, despite multiple contacts with police and city offices — by him, relatives and neighbors —regarding the empty dwelling next door to his on North St. Andrews Place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Now, Realtor.com can exclusively reveal that Evans offloaded the dwelling for $5.38 million—a more than $1 million discount from his already reduced price.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
It didn’t occur to me until later that dwelling in the realm of the spirits could bring danger, especially to an ugly girl in a time when the rains didn’t come.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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