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[dwel] / dwɛl /


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Forgiveness is posthumously granted through cinema, shaving away anything unpleasant that is no longer necessary to dwell on.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

“When you submit a video, you dwell on what you should have done or what you didn’t think of in the moment. You torture yourself — at least I do.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

But that morning, he didn’t have time to dwell on the attack.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

But during the greatest turnaround that Silicon Valley has ever seen, Jobs was fanatical about one idea: Apple was a place to invent the future, not dwell on the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He can perceive, if he bends his will thither, much of what is passing in the minds of men, even of those that dwell far off.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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