thought
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Example Sentences
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Feeling paralyzed, she thought about hiring someone to help her, even though she didn’t want to spend the money on a landscape designer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“The pain for recent buyers was historically extreme not because the price move was the worst ever, but because it hit people who thought the bottom was already in,” says Cex.io.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"I was really annoyed because I thought, 'I always wanted to get to the Bundesliga, and now they are living my dream,'" he told Die Zeit.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
"These highest-energy cosmic rays are thought to come from extreme astrophysical sources, like two neutron stars colliding or a massive star collapsing," Murase said.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Amazingly, neurons can work as fast as thought.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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