ruminate

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 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

Yet Keaton’s off-kilter taste—reflected elsewhere in her rambling dialogue delivery and outré fashion sense—is in evidence in her attraction to the strange personalities asked to ruminate on the hereafter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 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

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

Harvey still ruminates about the semifinal loss because of how well the team played.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

Over his over two-decade-long career and 10 stand-up specials, Gaffigan has gained a reputation as a "clean" comic, the guy who ruminates about bacon and the challenges of raising his brood of five kids.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2023

Seeder quietly ruminates about how, back in District 11, everyone assumes President Snow is all-powerful.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

In one study, people who traveled on a short weekend break ruminated less about work concerns than people who spent a similar break at home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 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

They ruminated a little over the game and how close they had come.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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

He spent the whole evening absorbed in thought, ruminating on the story of the fox and the hens, and perhaps that was the night the boy began to become a man.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende