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Verb
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Song broke out with her 2023 drama Past Lives, which follows a woman from Seoul, South Korea, who ponders her relationship with a childhood friend in the decades after her family immigrates to Canada and marries an American man in New York City.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025 -
These are all questions to ponder when evaluating expertise as a leader.—
Barbara Puszkiewicz-Cimino,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Conrad embodies the archetype of intense and brooding depth with all the emotional highs.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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At best, brooding enantiornithines would have been able to make only partial contact with their eggs, resulting in poorer heat transfer and slower development of the embryo.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Dwell (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwell%20%28on%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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