dwelt

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On average, their eyes dwelt on their screen for longer when the language was angry and emotive.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Indeed, commentators seem to have dwelt on little else.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Although the globe's top financiers dwelt little on the conflict, speaking about topics such as artificial intelligence, the economic fallout of war combined with record debts as rates rise created a bleak backdrop.

From Reuters • Oct. 24, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023

It was dark and lifeless; for the Orcs and lesser creatures of Mordor that had dwelt there had been destroyed in battle, and the Nazgûl were abroad.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien