pondered
Example Sentences
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Yuriy, a senior instructor who led one of the squads across the gruelling obstacle course, has at times pondered the necessity of such trials given the nature of drone warfare.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
In a July 2025 text chain, an agent pondered whether facial recognition tools could be used to identify people on TikTok who admitted to being in the country illegally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Fortune pondered whether Sam Bankman-Fried was “The Next Warren Buffett?” in a cover story mere months before the collapse of his crypto exchange FTX in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
As he stood outside the crammed pub on Sunday night, Breslin pondered how he would get in, how best to navigate the huge crowd and how he might persuade Kingfishr to perform.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
The electric animal, he pondered, could be considered a subform of the other, a kind of vastly inferior robot.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
