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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

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

I was afraid I’d deliberate, ruminate, agonize, rationalize, and talk myself into not going.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

The author ruminates on Brahms’s inner qualities, telling us that Brahms has been misunderstood as uncivilized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Cruzvillegas sculpture celebrates varieties of youthful play, while the Reihana animation ruminates on dimensions of cultural collision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

As he writes, he ruminates on his mother in a voice-over.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

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

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

“I wonder if the Ancient Mariner in his latter days got really tired of rehearsing his old trauma,” she ruminated in an essay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Having always taken her work to heart in an all-consuming way, Bates has often ruminated about the unspoken emotional cost of being an actor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

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

"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

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

He was ruminating, “We’ll need our top field men for that.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov


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