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His molds, based on the form of a lion sculpture in the British Museum, delve into the politics of collecting and ponder what is lost when cultural artifacts are centralized in institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

It leaves the rest of us to ponder what might become of this England team.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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

I said to Mr. Leroy, “Sir, some of these things do need to get changed. How long you gonna let me ponder on this afore I gotta tell you?”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

“What’s a good story if things end up the way they began?” she ponders over the narration in the film’s opening sequence, itself a nod to how the first movie begins.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

This leaves Jolie as the movie’s magnetic center, with Maxine drifting through despair as she ponders what to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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

Gogol slouches in his seat and ponders certain awkward truths.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Yuriy, a senior instructor who led one of the squads across the gruelling obstacle course, has at times pondered the necessity of such trials given the nature of drone warfare.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

In a July 2025 text chain, an agent pondered whether facial recognition tools could be used to identify people on TikTok who admitted to being in the country illegally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Some have pondered if a subtlety here may be that the vetting advice wasn't definitive in its judgement, but the Foreign Office concluded it amounted to Lord Mandelson failing it and others did not.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Lewis admitted some of the witness stories were compelling and "would have an effect" on him as he pondered them before his rational self took over.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

My own thoughts were at war within me as I pondered what Hamlet and I had done.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Take a look back at the memorable unsolved queries that Slate readers were pondering 20 years ago.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Dickinson imagines pondering a woman’s “workmanship” and remarking “‘This was last Her fingers did’ – / Industrious until –.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Those have injected a level of uncertainty for corporate managements pondering whether to spend money on expansion that they haven’t had to confront in years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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

I was just struggling with my inner vachette and pondering the depths of my own inhumanity.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris