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Chinese authorities linked early Covid-19 cases to a seafood market in Wuhan, leading scientists to theorise that the virus first passed to humans from animals.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2021

They are also the moving chronicle of a mind recovering from depression, thrown into a world of senseless chaos, before there was a Sartre to theorise absurdity.

From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 2020

It has generated thousands of memes as fans exclaim over how cute the Child is and theorise about what will happen next in the series.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2019

“Patriarchy” sprouted dozens of reformulations and refinements as feminists attempted to theorise it into a coherent system of domination.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2018

At every point of view, at every flower, the happy little party would stop to talk, admire, and theorise in concert.

From Emily Brontë by Robinson, A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances)