ruminative
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Katie Miller, wife of Trump’s deputy chief of staff, was dining with the president in January, hours before special forces captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, and noticed Trump was in a ruminative mood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
The search for identity and community does give this sprawling, ruminative memoir a thematic unity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
A humane, ruminative, humorous and quietly radical figure, he was at the centre of what he hopes will become the first of many such gatherings.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
Discursive but never dull, his hair swept back and his glasses tinted orange, the 79-year-old Miller is ruminative and reflective, kind of like your favorite college professor, the one whose classes you’d never miss.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2024
Volpe is in a ruminative mood, thinking out loud about some of the kids.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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