dwelt
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While Roberts’s report dwelt mostly on historical anecdotes, it contained one concrete sign of the impact of Trump’s signature issue: immigration enforcement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
He was considered one of the leading contenders for the 2024 National and was sent off at odds of 10-1 but dwelt at the start and unseated rider Brian Hayes at The Chair.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025
Bethany: True — it represents a nadir of D.A.A.M.’s cinematic experience, not to be dwelt upon further.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023
Anne Frank and her family are mentioned but not dwelt on at length — a touch that feels of a piece with McQueen’s expansive, egalitarian sensibility.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2023
‘I observe, my good Fangorn,’ said Gandalf, ‘that with great care you say dwelt, was, grew. What about is? Is he dead?’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
