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ruminate

[roo-muh-neyt] / 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

“I try not to ruminate on the past but look to the future,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 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

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

From Seattle Times Nov. 3, 2023

“My pianist has always been the most important man in my life, above lovers, husbands, anybody,” she ruminates.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2023

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

"Job ought to be easy enough," he ruminated.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

Jessie also has a big heart and bigger spirit and can yodel when she isn’t ruminating on her abandonment issues.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

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

He had reached his sheep now; it lay ruminating, its alert eyes fixed on him in case he had brought any rolled oats with him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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