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meditate

[med-i-tayt] / ˈmɛd ɪˌteɪt /


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Could they meditate as the day winds down?

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

He started the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace in 2005 to offer children throughout the world the opportunity to learn to meditate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has told critics to "meditate, pray or watch a football match" instead of "spreading hate and false rumours" about his leadership, the governing body and the World Cup.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Some people take yoga classes or meditate, but for me, sitting on the lawn mower helps make sense of things.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

He tells people to meditate, but never meditates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025

Gukesh has interests outside of chess too - he meditates, swims and plays tennis.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024

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

He relied on care packages sent by family and friends, exercised, meditated and kept journals that he later used to write his book.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

As I stared into empty niches that once contained massive wooden statues of saints, I meditated on how fragile our democracy is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

I was about to have my brain scanned while I meditated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

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

He meditated an hour and a half following breakfast and again later in the day.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

When he isn’t being interrogated, he spends several hours a day meditating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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

He spends chapters meditating on trauma and fatherhood, on periods of feeling spiritually adrift, on coming to love a “majestic” faith tradition while remaining connected to the rowdy evangelicals of his childhood.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

All of these things that I’ve been meditating on for decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

They all seemed to be sunk in their meditating, or whatever it was they were doing.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd


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