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ruminate

[roo-muh-neyt] / ˈru məˌneɪt /


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According to later biographical accounts, it was during this period that Woods began to ruminate on how rail transportation might be improved—a pursuit that would come to define his life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Yet Keaton’s off-kilter taste—reflected elsewhere in her rambling dialogue delivery and outré fashion sense—is in evidence in her attraction to the strange personalities asked to ruminate on the hereafter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Those missed opportunities haunted USC the rest of the game — and with no game scheduled between them from here, the Trojans will have an eternity now to ruminate on how it all went wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

Now that it looks like all their sweat and stress could amount to nothing, Carmy and Syd separately ruminate on the meaning of all those months of devotion and anxiety.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025

I now had time to ruminate on my situation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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