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ponder

[pon-der] / ˈpɒn dər /


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It left me to ponder, how do you know if you’re the Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan of curling or the next great star to revolutionize the sport?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in his address last weekend to the Munich Security Conference, forced the West’s diplomatic elite to ponder that dependence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

It was a game that threw up dozens of cameos to ponder, not just the creation and execution of the Scotland tries but the bare-knuckle stuff they delivered in defence.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Meanwhile, as life expectancy inches higher and financial stress grows, here are three big things to ponder:

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

Mortality had remained a conveniently hypothetical concept, an idea to ponder in the abstract.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer