dwelt

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While Roberts’s report dwelt mostly on historical anecdotes, it contained one concrete sign of the impact of Trump’s signature issue: immigration enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

That song opened Friday night's encore, which dwelt largely on their 90s material, including Let Down - a deep cut that's had a new lease of life on TikTok - and the epic Paranoid Android.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Television pioneer Norman Lear, who died this month at the age of 101, told me three years ago that he dwelt not on what he’d done but on what he wanted to do next.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2023

Bethany: True — it represents a nadir of D.A.A.M.’s cinematic experience, not to be dwelt upon further.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

All the while that they dwelt there the sun shone clear, save for a gentle rain that fell at times, and passed away leaving all things fresh and clean.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien