contemplate
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Fans of the iconic figure, who died last December at the age of 91, have been coming en masse to contemplate the nearly 300 lots on display at the Drouot sale rooms in central Paris.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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
For the owners to even contemplate repeating that experience, especially given the heightened competition in the modern world for sports fans’ attention and viewers’ eyeballs, can bespeak only insanity or stupidity, or probably both.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
I contemplate leaving, but with Adam asleep, I almost feel alone.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
The 69-year-old also contemplates a new activity: becoming a U.S. senator, by booting out another Dan Sullivan who has held that job for 12 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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 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
They asked their supervisors to approve a new investigation and contemplated using undercover operatives to gather more evidence.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
But it certainly shouldn’t be expanded to the extent contemplated here—opening the federal courts to any passerby with a vague aesthetic grievance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In a series of X.com posts, James said he contemplated retirement before choosing the 76ers over several other suitors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The couple anxiously contemplated the request before agreeing to lend Barnes £10,000, after he promised it would be repaid within a week.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
He contemplated the veil of Maya, the existence of various planes of being.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
During a shareholder call in August, Zoley said ICE was contemplating buying more than 10 facilities, and that number “could continue to grow.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 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 level of strikes Trump is contemplating couldn’t be determined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Meanwhile, the official story was considerably harder for an ordinary person contemplating lunch to follow.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Other patrons pass by on their way from one part of the circus to another, too absorbed in their conversations to notice him contemplating a postcard-size tag by the side of a tent.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Of Mice and Men
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