as in to muse (upon)
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Climate change, war, political polarization, total economic collapse — the general unpredictability of the future can all weigh heavily on people who are thinking about becoming parents.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025 -
Males can eventually weigh 500 pounds on average, while females typically weigh 250 pounds.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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And ponder why the tee shot on the par-3 12th creates such a riddle.—
Bob Spear,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Wells ponders how her 13-year-old business, selling breast-pump backpacks and other items for new moms, will run under President Trump's new tariffs on all imports.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2025
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Baker-Mazara met up with his former Aztecs teammates for pizza the night before their first-round games, reminiscing about the good times on the Mesa, envisioning a reunion in the second round.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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There were fifteen minutes of golf talk, with the President reminiscing about playing with Tiger Woods and Gary Player, and musing about how his Turnberry course, in Scotland, should host the British Open.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2025
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That would be up to the nation’s Constitutional Court, which deliberated for two and a half months.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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What To Know The International Seabed Authority (ISA), which was created by the UN in 1982, is currently deliberating over rules that would regulate international deep-sea mining.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Leverage text analytics tools to analyze transcripts and identify key themes and patterns.—
Beth Worthy,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Experts analyzed the ring, comparing it to similar objects from the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Reflect (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflect%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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