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ruminate

[roo-muh-nayt] / ˈru məˌneɪt /


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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

After thinking a young girl's outfit in an airport was inappropriate, she started to ruminate over why those beliefs appeared in the first place.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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

So he left and wandered, delighting in the freedom of Northern Italy, where he could ruminate on matters remote from the subjects he had been force-fed in his highly disciplined Prussian schoolroom.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Instead, she ruminates on how microchimerism might change our understanding of ourselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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

There’s a 2022 documentary called “Lynch/Oz” that ruminates on the ties between the befuddling obscurantist and the eternal blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 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

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

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

By contrast, when people ruminated on what they had done wrong, it led to "escalated heart rate and dysregulated the parasympathetic indicator."

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2023

He pored over “Old Waldo” Emerson and ruminated on the philosopher’s essay on “Compensation.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Thanks to the dictionary pages she uses for wallpaper, she has a large vocabulary and is prone to ruminating about her ultimate purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

Her notes, released with Reggie’s permission, read: “He reports some ruminating and wishing more than anything else he had not been on the road at that moment.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel


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