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dwell on

verb as in linger

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"We have made so many positives, so we won't dwell on our mistakes that we made."

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For many people in their 20s, the possibility of dying at a young age is not something they have to dwell on.

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It’s difficult not to dwell on just how clownish our current reality has become while witnessing the absolute foolishness of this spectacle.

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Such obvious jokes about inequality, it seems, have become tricky territory - because they reinforce the divides that the Chinese Communist Party would rather people not dwell on.

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While Figgis’ documentary doesn’t dwell on the problem, “Megadoc” does arguably end up suffering because that ethical knot is never fully disentangled.

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