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meditate

[med-i-teyt] / ˈmɛd ɪˌteɪt /


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Every month the group meets in a different city park to do yoga and meditate together, and they also come together for online meditation sessions over Zoom.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

In a 15-slide post on his personal Instagram account, Fifa president Gianni Infantino tells his critics to "meditate, pray or watch a football match" instead of "spreading hate and false rumours" about his leadership.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

I try to meditate on that, because I want this opportunity that I’m having to be as special for the 300 people that are around me who are doing this with me.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

But Rollins, who later moved to a farm in upstate New York where he had space to meditate, would grow pessimistic at humanity's prospects.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

He didn’t eat again until after Mass on Sunday, and he used the twelve flights of stairs he climbed by Bri’s side to meditate on the twelve stations of the cross.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Bishnoi meditates every morning and fasts many days of the month, the cousin said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

She still uses her devices daily, meditates, and regularly checks in with how she is feeling.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

The actors star in Hulu’s “Paradise,” which reunites Brown with “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman and meditates on climate change and technology.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2025

Frazier said the garden has given her a place for more than just growing food — it’s where she meditates, connects with nature, and makes friends, too.

From Seattle Times Aug. 30, 2023

She meditates a lot so during her class break it ain’t unusual to see her sitting on the desk with her legs folded and her arms crossed.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

Because the thing about Miles Davis is that he teaches people who have never meditated how to stop and be coherent about absoluteness.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

Throughout his two-year illness, she meditated, prayed, talked to her husband about spirituality and recited Buddhist chants for him.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 29, 2025

Chelsea, in Oregon, meditated on the decision of whether or not to have kids for about a year after she started doubting it during the pandemic.

From Salon May 10, 2025

As the sun dipped farther down the horizon, I walked upstairs and meditated to a sound bath.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

I meditated upon the peculiar circumstance, that but a half mile away, across the Neck, my former companions—good Mr. G—g among them—glowered back from the fortifications at Roxbury.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Along with muscle-relaxing injections, Ella says she is also meditating to try to reduce her anxiety and free herself from the tension she regularly carries.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

"We're not saying it's all about just being spiritual and sitting under a tree and meditating," said Bovarnick.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Researchers were also interested in the subjective experiences participants had while meditating.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The shift in energy I experienced while meditating showed up on the results of my brain scan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

I tried meditating on a teapot in my mind’s eye but all I saw was hot water spilling from the spout and coming straight at me like a scalding hot tsunami wave.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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