rumination

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Instead, they got an unexpected finale, Mikrokosmos, from 2019 - a tender rumination on self-worth and hope.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Yet the theme of human sacrifice persisted as a subject for deep rumination even after advances in science, industry and wealth insulated the West’s creative classes from ancient and medieval rites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

Out of that rumination came the idea to start a magazine about gourmet bathing, which I called Wet!

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

But Perkins hops so quickly from one outrageous death to another that his screenplay leaves little room for rumination amid his constant fatalist sermonizing.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

That familiar exercise of hers, half rumination, half anxiety.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee