muse
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Plus, the risk to oil supplies grows with disruptions in the Red and Black seas, and Lydia Corbett’s high ponytail made her Picasso’s muse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Sing to them, muse, of an uncomplicated man.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Hockney made “A Bigger Splash” while living with his partner and muse, the artist Peter Schlesinger, on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Lorenze sometimes likes to conjure a tournament-specific muse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
No wonder Emery is always telling me Francis is her soul’s muse.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
A beagle in a bandana muses, “Disappointing someone is not the same as hurting them.”
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
“How terrible it would have been,” Mr. Biswas muses in satisfaction on his deathbed, “to have lived and died as one had been born, unnecessary and unaccommodated.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
"Leather on willow, country pubs and just the loveliness of England," she muses wistfully.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
It’s an odyssey Kuper, one of the sport’s preeminent journalists, muses on in his latest book “World Cup Fever: A Soccer Journey in Nine Tournaments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
“Virgilio Morales . . Minerva muses aloud. “Your name sounds familiar.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
“If it was all over now, do I feel like I did what I wanted to do? And if not, what would that be?” he mused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“If we stop telling ourselves that the world is so-and-so, the world will stop being so-and-so,” Don Juan mused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
“We’ll see what kind of music they’re playing this morning up in the milk barn,” he mused.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
However, Wall Street on Monday mused if other suitors may look to outbid Fox for Roku.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
“Little more than skin and bone!” mused Mr. Pumblechook, aloud.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Jouppi is the case that asks them to stop musing.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 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 ● Jul. 3, 2026
The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Meaning he won’t spend the time between now and Nov. 3 at some swank beach resort, sipping one of those colorful cocktails with a little paper parasol while musing over his inaugural address.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
In the middle of my musing she turned to look in my direction and caught me staring at her.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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