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meditate

[med-i-tayt] / ˈmɛd ɪˌteɪt /


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Could they meditate as the day winds down?

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Every month the group meets in a different city park to do yoga and meditate together, and they also come together for online meditation sessions over Zoom.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I try to meditate on that, because I want this opportunity that I’m having to be as special for the 300 people that are around me who are doing this with me.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

But Rollins, who later moved to a farm in upstate New York where he had space to meditate, would grow pessimistic at humanity's prospects.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

The boys would meditate and pray together, eat together, and heal together.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

She still uses her devices daily, meditates, and regularly checks in with how she is feeling.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

On the remarkable and moving “Little Gears,” a waltz-time number built atop piano and brushed drums, she meditates on a spider weaving a web.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

The actors star in Hulu’s “Paradise,” which reunites Brown with “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman and meditates on climate change and technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025

Frazier said the garden has given her a place for more than just growing food — it’s where she meditates, connects with nature, and makes friends, too.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

She meditates a lot so during her class break it ain’t unusual to see her sitting on the desk with her legs folded and her arms crossed.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

He relied on care packages sent by family and friends, exercised, meditated and kept journals that he later used to write his book.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

As I stared into empty niches that once contained massive wooden statues of saints, I meditated on how fragile our democracy is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

I was about to have my brain scanned while I meditated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Chelsea, in Oregon, meditated on the decision of whether or not to have kids for about a year after she started doubting it during the pandemic.

From Salon ● May 10, 2025

So sometimes he surrendered to these feelings, and again he bit his lips and meditated with the books throughout the night.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

And in a just world, that’s where this would have started and ended: Cramer living in the boundaries of his fun, space-loving subculture, meditating in the Martian desert landscapes of Sedona, not hurting anyone.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Along with muscle-relaxing injections, Ella says she is also meditating to try to reduce her anxiety and free herself from the tension she regularly carries.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

"We're not saying it's all about just being spiritual and sitting under a tree and meditating," said Bovarnick.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

After years of downloading meditation apps and consistently ignoring their notifications, I might even succeed at meditating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

He heard distant monks, meditating in the covered walkway, muttering softly.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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