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View definitions for dwelling on

dwelling on

verb as in linger over; be engrossed in

verb as in linger

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Rather than dwelling on Trump’s existential threat to democracy as they did after his win in 2016, the party is trying to figure out where they went wrong and where they go next.

From Salon

El Paso can never fully move on from what happened five years ago — but that doesn’t mean people are dwelling on it.

And he finds work stops him dwelling on his situation.

From BBC

“Leave my family out of it,” Kemp retorted on X. “My focus is on winning this November and saving our country from Kamala Harris and the Democrats - not engaging in petty personal insults, attacking fellow Republicans, or dwelling on the past.”

A convention speech that started with a recollection of the assassination attempt and some calls for unity, however, devolved quickly into a more typical and freewheeling Trump speech dwelling on perceived grievances.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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