mulling

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Wes Streeting was in Parliament with his closest advisers mulling whether he should quit the cabinet job as health secretary that he had coveted for years.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

You don’t have to take out a policy today or tomorrow, but it’s worth mulling over as part of your overall plan.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Indonesia's government is mulling an e-commerce ban for under-16s, the communications minister told AFP Wednesday, hot on the heels of Jakarta imposing a sweeping social media prohibition for teens.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

In a discussion paper released earlier this month, the central bank said it was mulling several measures to tackle the problem.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Once he asked me suddenly as we sat mulling over the pumpkins, “Leah, do you know what they spent the last Bible convention in Atlanta arguing about?”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver