contemplate

More likely, relative oblivion will remain his lot, as his wife once forced him to contemplate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Now at a "different stage of life", he cannot even contemplate playing football with friends for fun because it would trigger his competitive instincts.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Who wants to contemplate our technological offspring ending our existence?

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

They now need to contemplate exactly how far the Fed will go to get inflation back under control, as well as what a longer Fed hiking cycle might mean for markets and the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

She was as happy to read the magic books from her Uncle Marcos’s enchanted trunks as she was to contemplate the Liberal Party documents her father kept in his study.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

As the seventh generation of his family to fish for eels on Lough Neagh, he gets emotional when he contemplates the future.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Sam Adams contemplates the film’s ending, arguing that Nolan’s final plot twist changes the meaning of the whole story.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

The president is known to monitor the stock market and the state of the economy regularly while he contemplates policy decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

“The Drama” contemplates thorny matters, but it’s not satire.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

Bando joins me, folding his rod as he contemplates the dead tree and the leaf-strewn ground.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

“I had not contemplated life beyond that night, and I’m deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position,” Pike said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Paramount provided Salazar with videos and then told Facebook what videos he watched without his consent—the exact kind of injury contemplated by the statute.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

But successful designs have become more seriously contemplated only in recent years as electric motors and high-performance batteries have advanced.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

When asked what would motivate her to get out and vote this November, she contemplated what to say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Under Cushing, John studied pituitary syndromes in dogs and mice and contemplated X-ray irradiations of humans.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

An emotional Mark Allen said retiring from snooker is "something I have been contemplating for a while" following his first-round loss to Jordan Brown in the Northern Ireland Open.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Rodrigues said he would consider running for president one day, but that there was little point in contemplating a post-Lula future before that moment actually arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

As it came to fruition, he sought to answer two main questions when contemplating which works of his collection to share with the public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

While he said talks would resume this week, that was unable to lift the gloom on trading floors, with traders contemplating further rises in inflation that will force the Fed to tighten monetary policy more.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The magpies flapped away, but, unfazed, the cat merely halted and settled down, tail wrapped comfortably around itself, contemplating Joe through unperturbed, sleepyish snake eyes.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols