muse
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Prior to Bruch, Scotland had long been a muse for German musicians.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
Their futurologists muse about vastly disrupted flows of cash around the economy.
From BBC β Sep. 15, 2026
Gabi is our muse and Gabi knew what she wanted.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 2, 2026
Sing to them, muse, of an uncomplicated man.
From Salon β Jul. 21, 2026
“Calliope. Named for the muse of poetry. I’ve never met her, but I’ve heard she’s beautiful.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
"Having good people around you is so important, and it's not always easy to have that," Murphy muses.
From BBC β Sep. 19, 2026
Famed for its Chicano murals, Estrada Courts is one of Rosales’ muses; her photos of it appear in “East of the River.”
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 9, 2026
"You can't stop the Earth from turning or the years from passing," Lula muses in his gravelly voice in one of the social media videos he shares showcasing his workouts.
From Barron's β Aug. 2, 2026
A beagle in a bandana muses, “Disappointing someone is not the same as hurting them.”
From Salon β Jun. 27, 2026
‘I wonder what the film was,’ Gabi muses.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
As usual at breakfast, the faithfuls seated early mused over who may have been murdered overnight: "If Jerry's not here, I don't think I can handle it," Romesh Ranganathan confessed.
From BBC β Oct. 22, 2026
He mused that he probably could have been a doctor.
From Salon β Aug. 13, 2026
Castro even mused about breeding miniature cows for Havana families to keep at home.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 13, 2026
“Ending on a diner is nostalgia,” my dad mused.
From Los Angeles Times β May 12, 2026
“How interesting it is,” she mused as she settled the children into their seats.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Jouppi is the case that asks them to stop musing.
From Slate β Jul. 28, 2026
Later, Feinmann said his words were not directed at the Mexican people — while musing that Sheinbaum had bigger things to worry about, like combating narco-trafficking, violence and corruption.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 15, 2026
President Donald Trump riffed on his White House predecessors in a children's podcast Friday, while also joking about his weight and musing as to whether his body is swimsuit-ready.
From Barron's β Jul. 3, 2026
The co-author of a report musing about artificial intelligence disrupting a host of businesses says he was betting those companies would go down in value.
From MarketWatch β Feb. 24, 2026
He discovered that while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing, as though by automatic action.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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