pondered

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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

Treasury yields settled little changed as Wall Street pondered the risk of a prolonged conflict in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

As the filing deadline approaches, Kiley pondered his path forward in a decision that was compared by political insiders to the reality television show “The Bachelor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

I pondered this and concluded that they shouldn’t have skipped over me.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly