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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

Psychiatrists described him as neurotic, with a tendency to ruminate and worry, and said he had developed a "rigid sense of right and wrong".

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

I now had time to ruminate on my situation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 2025

Bruce ruminates over Flannery O’Connor stories and Terrence Malick’s 1973 crime drama “Badlands,” which he happens upon while channel surfing one night.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2025

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

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2024

Across a series of intimate dialogues, the film, adapted from a 1987 novel by Taichi Yamada, ruminates on the estrangement of a generation of gay men and the healing refuges of both companionship and fiction.

From Seattle Times Sep. 29, 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

But he also said he ruminated on his legacy, fearing his family would see him as a “quitter.”

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 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

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

Bradford says many students "can't afford" to spend days ruminating on their offer as popular courses do get filled quickly, but it is important to not agree to one straight away.

From BBC Aug. 8, 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

He likes ruminating on these spooky, half-remembered spaces.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

That picture is complex, but ruminating on your actions can quickly become torturous.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2026

While I've been ruminating on the availability of trees, Peeta has been struggling with how to maintain his identity.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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