contemplates
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The film boldly contemplates the atmosphere of Brontë’s novel with both a straight face and a sense of humor.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
The Constitution contemplates Congress having limited law-enforcement powers and even specifies crimes it can punish: treason, counterfeiting, “offences against the law of nations” and “piracies and felonies on the high seas.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
Over the woozy guitars of “Losing Myself,” she sings about disappearing into a toxic relationship — “I’m just a heart for your arrow” — while “Happy With You” contemplates her reflex for self-sabotage.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
But the IMO also contemplates using the funds for “just-transition initiatives in developing countries” and to “mitigate negative impacts” of climate change on “vulnerable States.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
Whenever Werner contemplates the old city, it is the chimneys that strike him.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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