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deep in thought



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“I'm deep in thought and lost in the void of my own imaginations,” he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2024

As the moment stretched on, it seemed that Frears was not deep in thought but deep in sleep.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2024

Ostlund said his plan was to just continue walking through Burien, deep in thought, rather than ride buses overnight and wake up who knows where.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Therefore, when Kate was photographed driving a car on Thursday—a very normal thing to do, even on one’s birthday—the Mirror turned that into, “Birthday girl Kate Middleton snapped looking deep in thought after Megxit bombshell.”

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2020

She drummed her fingers on the tabletop, her eyes distant as if she were deep in thought.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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