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dwell on

verb as in linger

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Popple tries to detect how candidates will handle market volatility, asking how long they tend to dwell on big losses.

"I'll get big spikes in my anxiety, dwell on random incidents from the past and start panicking about the most random things," said Jon.

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But there was no time to dwell on her departure.

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At first, I didn’t dwell on this at all.

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has admitted the club has made mistakes - but stressed they must look to the future rather than dwell on the past.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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