dwelling
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They have spurred some types of construction, including a boom of tiny homes called accessory dwelling units in California, but they have still left those states short of needed supply.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Most of their songs are about things to eat, but dwelling on it leaves a bad taste in the band members’ mouths.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Instead of dwelling in those moments, Korda said she learned that there’s “a power in just letting go.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
The first of those additional homes, which sits directly behind his primary dwelling, was purchased for $4.8 million in 2012.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
He could not stop himself dwelling upon Dumbledore’s inexcusable trust in Snape...but as Hermione had just inadvertently reminded him, he, Harry, had been taken in just the same....
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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