musing
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Musk returned fire, calling O’Leary an “utter idiot” who should be fired and musing on the social-media service he owns whether he should buy the airline and install someone named Ryan to run it.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
Those examples have Carnegie Mellon’s Green musing: “Maybe there’s someone writing something now about the U.S. buying Greenland.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
In the changing rooms, a welcoming, ready-made friendship group of Newcastle-supporting team-mates pull on black and white jerseys while musing about early season defeats by Juventus and Inter Milan.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
Publicly at least, she seldom shows frustration or exasperation, once musing: “President Trump has his own, very special way of communicating.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025
Voldemort’s tone was musing, calm, but Harry’s scar had begun to throb and pulse: Pain was building in his forehead, and he could feel that controlled sense of fury building inside Voldemort.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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