contemplating

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These are all factors demanding notice from small investors contemplating adding these sectors to their retirement funds.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Recently, while contemplating stovetop pasta, made better — the kind you can pull off on a Tuesday without feeling stretched, as requested by several of you!

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

But while rumours swirl about the former duchess's whereabouts and whether she is contemplating a tell-all interview, there are mounting calls for her to give evidence concerning her links to Jeffrey Epstein.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

“I don’t sit around contemplating how a crisis, which I did not want Denmark to be involved in, might factor into a Danish election campaign,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

A little way to his left, Ernie Macmillan was contemplating his hoop so hard that his face had turned pink; it looked as though he was straining to lay a Quaffle-sized egg.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling