brooding

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"Modern birds aren't 'better' at hatching eggs. Instead, birds living today and oviraptors have a very different way of incubation or, more specifically, brooding," Yang pointed out.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

She raises up a heating pad — nicknamed Jake Ryan after the brooding heartthrob in “Sixteen Candles” — that’s been warming her body.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Robert Duvall was a distinguished and prolific screen actor who lent a brooding intensity and grizzled authority to seven decades of American film-making.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Whether he was laughing, brooding or crumpling into sobs to create one of the most well-known and widely circulated meme GIFs of all time, Van Der Beek’s expressive appeal propelled him to virtually overnight superstardom.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

I stayed up late, twisting my hair into knots as I tried to wrest meaning from the textbook, then lying in bed and brooding over my notes.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover