meditate
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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
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
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
The boys would meditate and pray together, eat together, and heal together.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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On the remarkable and moving “Little Gears,” a waltz-time number built atop piano and brushed drums, she meditates on a spider weaving a web.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
He leads a relatively disciplined life: Wakes up and goes to sleep at the same time, keeps a routine workout schedule, meditates for at least 90 minutes a day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 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
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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
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
You meditated every day as a dedicated act of service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
He meditated an hour and a half following breakfast and again later in the day.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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"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
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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