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In the modern era, the most influential version of the puzzle — and the one that “Reality+” most dwells upon — appears in the opening sections of René Descartes’ “Meditations.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022

In characteristically self-aware fashion, he dwells upon the distinction between his story and that of the stereotypical chronic Lyme patient, while also using it to prop himself up as a rational one.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2021

The investigation into the 1997 disappearance of Don Lewis, Ms. Baskin’s wealthy former husband — one of several mysteries the show dwells upon — never officially closed.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2020

But probabilities aren't something Liz dwells upon much, barely six months after Paul's death and almost a decade after Jeremy's.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2018

This carelessness on the part of her mother, developed in the young girl an ardent affection for her father, which she dwells upon in her writings with so much fervor.

From Lives of Celebrated Women by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich


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