thought
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When the fire alerts sounded on telephones, "I thought everything was going to burn, the house and everything," she said at the sports hall, where they sat dozing and eating snacks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
This region lies deeper in the brain than scientists had previously thought GLP-1 drugs could reach directly.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Carl Reiner similarly declared: “I saw what I thought was the funniest ad-libbed thing I had ever seen. It was a riot, and we never stopped laughing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The man in front of us dropped to his knees, threw his hands to the sky, and screamed that he never thought he would live to see his country score in a World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Joey Guerrero thought her life in the United States would only last a short while, but each week stretches into the next and she still isn’t cured.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Conversations about the future and aging invariably lead to thoughts about what is in store for all of us: death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Thousands of other users posted their thoughts online about this poll question, with some lamenting the respondents’ lack of understanding of probability.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Two thoughts: First, we saw this split previewed in Bruen, with the public defenders’ amicus brief.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Det Ch Insp John Bonner said the force's thoughts were "firmly with Harry's family and loved ones at what is an extremely difficult and distressing time for them".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But through the tangle of its broke thoughts, Wolf sensed that it would be back.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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