muse
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“He’s been my muse on this street for a while. … He just roams around the store, chills, does his little nap thing, and hangs out with everybody, so he’s very social.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
While each quotation provides something to muse over, the whole thing might be best summed up by a line from the comic poet Alexis: “The entire human condition’s completely insane.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Lorenze sometimes likes to conjure a tournament-specific muse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
It led former England captain Michael Vaughan to muse this week whether Sooryavanshi could become the "greatest striker of a cricket ball of all time".
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Her last design was still up—the key to Annabeth’s plan, inspired by the most unlikely muse ever: Frank Zhang.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
The president, according to the news website Semafor, external, often muses - and jokes - about becoming a target of assassination.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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 ● Aug. 2, 2026
It’s an odyssey Kuper, one of the sport’s preeminent journalists, muses on in his latest book “World Cup Fever: A Soccer Journey in Nine Tournaments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
“I wonder if he realizes he’s been the one grand passion in both our lives,” Jane muses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
“It’s a little strange though,” my mother muses.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
He mused that he probably could have been a doctor.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
He has mused about terminating the agreement altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Greenspan is most well-known for his 1996 speech in which he mused about irrational exuberance in the financial markets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
“If we stop telling ourselves that the world is so-and-so, the world will stop being so-and-so,” Don Juan mused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
"So maybe Nadine stole the slippers to ruin the 'Cinderella' ballet for Andrea and everybody else," Nancy mused.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
Jouppi is the case that asks them to stop musing.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 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 ● Jun. 7, 2026
He noted however that Cuba has "a beautiful piece of land," musing: "You could have beautiful resorts."
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
The co-author of a report musing about artificial intelligence disrupting a host of businesses says he was betting those companies would go down in value.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
He sounds thoughtful now, like a philosopher musing about the meaning of life.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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