ruminate
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This leaves investors and analysts to ruminate amongst themselves.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
"It's the gift we give to an audience, it's just to ruminate on that very serious subject, antisemitism, cruelty of all kinds, hatred of the other," Lithgow said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
According to later biographical accounts, it was during this period that Woods began to ruminate on how rail transportation might be improved—a pursuit that would come to define his life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
After Eva and Ryland briefly ruminate on fear and primal instinct, Ryland’s otherwise direct and unemotional government superior takes to the mic, performing a cover of Harry Styles’ “Sign of the Times.”
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
I saved it for later, to ruminate over and over that I had made her laugh, that I could make her laugh.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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She also ruminates on such questions as what it is to be human and what it means to die.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
“Talking about all this like ancient history makes me feel, ‘Oh yeah, we’ve kind of come a long way,’” Pickles ruminates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
Still, associating too much with the self has been linked to psychiatric disorders like depression, where the mind ruminates on the self and the body can become oppressive.
From Salon ● May 26, 2025
As he writes, he ruminates on his mother in a voice-over.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Seeder quietly ruminates about how, back in District 11, everyone assumes President Snow is all-powerful.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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It’s hard to believe Mr. Smith hasn’t ruminated more seriously on what he might have done differently, and maybe he’ll share that someday in a forum other than a House interrogation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Having always taken her work to heart in an all-consuming way, Bates has often ruminated about the unspoken emotional cost of being an actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
However, when the reindeer ruminated, this slow-wave activity was decreased during subsequent sleep, and the more they ruminated, the more the slow-wave activity decreased.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023
In the six decades since, Lawrence Wright has ruminated often on his old hometown and how it’s different than it used to be.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
"Job ought to be easy enough," he ruminated.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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Hill had been ruminating about a tell-all book from the early stages of the trial, a clerk from a neighboring county who’d assisted her testified at an evidentiary hearing on the jury-tampering complaint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
That picture is complex, but ruminating on your actions can quickly become torturous.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026
Of course, some anger and frustration will come out during these talks, but long-term wallowing and ruminating on perceived unfairness can be more damaging than the layoff itself.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
"There is never a moment when you aren't ruminating or reflecting or considering school-related issues," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
She was older than her years and much given to ruminating about her health.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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