dwelt

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While Roberts’s report dwelt mostly on historical anecdotes, it contained one concrete sign of the impact of Trump’s signature issue: immigration enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

That song opened Friday night's encore, which dwelt largely on their 90s material, including Let Down - a deep cut that's had a new lease of life on TikTok - and the epic Paranoid Android.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

He thinks about the video Caitlin made, how barely anyone in it dwelt on football.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023

Bethany: True — it represents a nadir of D.A.A.M.’s cinematic experience, not to be dwelt upon further.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Here dwelt the great and good dead, heroes, poets, priests, and all who had made men remember them by helping others.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton