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
As the religion grew, travelers passing through Dunhuang started to carve caves into the nearby rock as places to pause and meditate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
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
Shuttled from one specialist to the next, the girl had been prescribed to shun garlic, consume disproportionate quantities of bitters, meditate, drink green coconut water, and swallow raw duck’s eggs beaten in milk.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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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
A Forest Therapy participant meditates against a large tree in the Huntington’s cypress grove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
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
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I needed to know: Could this work for me, a stressed-out reporter with zero patience, who had never successfully meditated before?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
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
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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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
McIlroy closed his eyes - seemingly meditating rather than napping - as he sat propped against an advertising board while waiting or several minutes on the 10th tee.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
He sat for a long time within the arms of a green, black, and gold leaf lounge chair, sipping coffee and meditating about the next few hours.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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