muse
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Their futurologists muse about vastly disrupted flows of cash around the economy.
From BBC β Sep. 15, 2026
Sing to them, muse, of an uncomplicated man.
From Salon β Jul. 21, 2026
Hockney made “A Bigger Splash” while living with his partner and muse, the artist Peter Schlesinger, on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 12, 2026
Olympia, his elusive love and sporadic muse, flits in and out of his life as she works her way up the tiers of the art world’s ziggurat.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 8, 2026
That it meant that Gram was the muse for the book itself.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
When a lawman confirms to Cal the rumor that Cathy, known by then as the nearby town’s madam, Kate, shot his father, Cal muses, “He must have done something to hurt her.”
From Salon β Oct. 3, 2026
“You could be sad in a bookshop,” Sophie muses at one point, “but you were never happier than when you were in a bookshop.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 29, 2026
"Maybe he wants the right things," muses Rohloff, but "he cannot communicate well".
From BBC β Sep. 20, 2026
"You can't stop the Earth from turning or the years from passing," Lula muses in his gravelly voice in one of the social media videos he shares showcasing his workouts.
From Barron's β Aug. 2, 2026
“I don’t know, Mitch,” Morrie muses, adjusting his glasses as he reads, “with work like this, we may have to get you back here for grad school.”
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
“How many times is that Hyundai Sonata going to be stolen while it’s on the road?” the researcher mused.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 15, 2026
Vance recently mused on his religious views while responding to a question on a Christian podcast.
From BBC β Sep. 3, 2026
As Mark Cuban mused, if the state doesn’t receive any incremental revenue, “what’s the point of that?”
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 20, 2026
He mused that he probably could have been a doctor.
From Salon β Aug. 13, 2026
Humans were scarce, and the swamps and woods teemed with wildlife—probably a pretty good time to be a burrowing owl, Roy mused.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
Jouppi is the case that asks them to stop musing.
From Slate β Jul. 28, 2026
The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”
From MarketWatch β Jun. 26, 2026
Meaning he won’t spend the time between now and Nov. 3 at some swank beach resort, sipping one of those colorful cocktails with a little paper parasol while musing over his inaugural address.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 7, 2026
He noted however that Cuba has "a beautiful piece of land," musing: "You could have beautiful resorts."
From Barron's β Jun. 4, 2026
I hardly know whether I had slept or not after this musing; at any rate, I started wide awake on hearing a vague murmur, peculiar and lugubrious, which sounded, I thought, just above me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
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