muse over

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As they strolled through Tiananmen Square in Beijing last September, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to muse over the possibility that organ transplants could dramatically extend human life.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

We often muse over the fact that we were both letting go of our passionate search for love around the same time, which led us to our momentous meeting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

Lying in bed that night, hating my husband for his deep sleep, I started to muse over possible dishes.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2018

After a brief pause to muse over Sarah Palin, one soon moves to the late Ronald Reagan, the last entertainer who ran for the Presidency of the United States, which he won.

From The New Yorker • May 3, 2016

This unexpected introduction to Olympus was suggestive of many reflections to one so habituated to muse over divine influences.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield