thinking

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Years later, when she was learning about places in history class, she said: “Paris. Rome. Tokyo. You gave up all those places to stay with me? What were you THINKING, Dad?”

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022

If nothing else, my goal is simply to get you THINKING.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2020

There’s a reason to step back and consider a situation before blurting out the first thing that occurs to you — it’s called THINKING.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2016

"IDIOTIC THINKING" Egypt's Grand Mufti, the country's most senior Islamic legal official, has dismissed the self-styled preacher's views.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2013

But instead of THINKING, like simpletons, they fell to ENTRENCHING, like brave soldiers.

From The Life of General Francis Marion by Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)