ruminate
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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
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
Now that it looks like all their sweat and stress could amount to nothing, Carmy and Syd separately ruminate on the meaning of all those months of devotion and anxiety.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025
To manage the stress from intrusive thoughts, a person might obsessively count, visualize soothing images or simply ruminate — and ruminate some more.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025
“Goats chew differently when they ruminate and when they eat, Mom. Which do you mean?”
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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