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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

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

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

But instead of drills and sprints, we sit on our butts, make weird sounds — Ohmmmmmmmm Ohmmmmmmmm and meditate.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

Salah meditates for 15–20 minutes every day, either before sleep or upon waking, focusing on his goals and maintaining clarity.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

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

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

As Williams meditates on the intersection of queer joy and food, inevitably his food business, the Gro House, comes to mind, specifically the way the name connects back to nature and growth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 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

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

He said he also meditated on the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

What is the voice, I meditated, but an expulsion of air; a few vapors scented with the curdled decoctions of the stomach, vegetables mulching and pulverized beef?

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

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

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

Emma’s eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen


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