dwell (on)

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Verb
  • As Jeff Sanders wrote (here) on Thursday, the Padres are pondering a lot of different ways to deal with their starting pitching situation in the coming weeks.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • Graham may have finally assumed her rightful place in the newspaper-movie canon, but we’re still left to ponder her absence from the most iconic journalism movie of the 20th century.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The production, directed with the brooding fluidity that is David Cromer’s calling card, is most alive in the evolving dynamic between Nick and Jacki, whose romance happens by degrees then all at once before reality intervenes and the criminal justice bureaucracy grinds to a halt.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And, even to this day, the dark and brooding aesthetic holds up beautifully.
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Dwell (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwell%20%28on%29. Accessed 5 May. 2026.

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