contemplate

This is a rare chance to encounter one of the world’s masterpieces, contemplate the origins of the modern monarchy, and learn about medieval life firsthand from a work once more on its home soil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

For the owners to even contemplate repeating that experience, especially given the heightened competition in the modern world for sports fans’ attention and viewers’ eyeballs, can bespeak only insanity or stupidity, or probably both.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The father of a seventh-grader living with cancer recently raised the issue of “whether researchers in a trial could be motivated by prediction market profits,” something so heinous it is difficult to contemplate.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

Millions of Europeans will contemplate the sky in awe on Wednesday as a rare total solar eclipse crosses part of the continent and plunges a swathe of Spain into eerie daytime darkness.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Afterwards, I was sent to bed early to contemplate my bad character.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

As the seventh generation of his family to fish for eels on Lough Neagh, he gets emotional when he contemplates the future.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Sam Adams contemplates the film’s ending, arguing that Nolan’s final plot twist changes the meaning of the whole story.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Paul McCartney releases an album inspired by his youth in Liverpool, Marilyn Monroe gets a centenary-celebrating exhibition in Los Angeles, Brendan Fraser’s Dwight D. Eisenhower contemplates storming the beaches of Normandy, and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

“The Drama” contemplates thorny matters, but it’s not satire.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

The kid contemplates crying a bit harder but straightens up almost immediately.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

The move was contemplated for months, said Reagan, the CFO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

But it certainly shouldn’t be expanded to the extent contemplated here—opening the federal courts to any passerby with a vague aesthetic grievance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

But after the Rams traded for two-time defensive player of the year Myles Garrett in June, Donald has contemplated rejoining a Rams team that is favored to win Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The couple anxiously contemplated the request before agreeing to lend Barnes £10,000, after he promised it would be repaid within a week.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

A moment of silence unreeled as they contemplated their situation.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Alex Kirshner explains why Michigan’s latest controversy has spectators contemplating the nature of time itself.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

But dissidents contemplating moves against military governments elsewhere in the Sahel region may now have to factor Russian forces into their calculations.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

And we highlight a 500-mile walk through Spain for a woman contemplating her next move in life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, L.A. city officials have been contemplating their own pullout from the agency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

A few of them sauntered along the dock, bending over to hoist long, yellow-spruce oars, getting the feel of them, contemplating their considerable heft.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown