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That’s why experts urge people of all ages to think ahead and ponder their end-of-life wishes while they’re still healthy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Plenty for the new Test coach - and English cricket - to ponder.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Watching Maxine ponder her options is particularly affecting, especially in the moments when she tries — and sometimes fails — to reach her daughter, Eden, over the phone.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

So ponder the virtues of doing nothing or of doing little.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Still, I take the piece of paper, ponder Skye for a moment, and get to work.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

In his weekly Flow Show strategy note, Bank of America’s Michael Hartnett ponders the likelihood of Warsh imposing a rate hike to calm the long end of the Treasury curve.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

“In the Mouth of Madness” ponders just how powerful media — and our relationship to it — can be, and Neill gives an electrifying turn as a man caught up in a myth made real.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Another officer describes how dire the situation is while George ponders saving his men and asks, “What could be worth the risk?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

In Benidorm, as he ponders what looks likely to be another record-breaking summer for Spain, Fede Fuster acknowledges the backlash against his sector.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

He tapples rapidly into his dimputer, tapple, tapple, tapple, pauses, looks up, ponders the ceiling, resumes tappling.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

Before they left, Bella-May, Zoe and Kate pondered what a future exhibition telling the story of life in the 2020s would include.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

For months, the senior U.S. senator from Montana pondered his political future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Critics pondered whether “Margaret” was too dated to appeal to today’s youth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

The question that Barclays analyst Dan Levy pondered on Tuesday was, of course, why?

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

She could not remember anything, but asked what she had said; when she was told, she pondered over it deeply for a long time and in silence.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

He references “Wonder Man’s” most emotional scene, when Simon is in his junky Toyota Camry with Trevor, pondering quitting acting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

And Aaron Donald, one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, is pondering coming out of retirement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The Schwab strategists began pondering this three years ago as what they called the “great moderation” era — two decades of disinflation, suppressed volatility and reduced supply shocks — was over.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

“My girlfriend and I were pondering over the trip for a couple months, but we decided against it until recently,” Timmons said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Claire could hear her murmuring the names—white willow, nettle, meadowsweet, goldenseal—and knew she was pondering what combinations to create.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry