as in to grind
to reduce to fine particles
the dentist was in the habit of mulling the mercury amalgam in the palm of his hand
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Recent Examples of mull
Pintu Kumar Mahla, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Other Republican-leaning states such as Florida, Nebraska, Louisiana, and Kansas, and Democratic-leaning states such as Maryland and Illinois, have mulled redrawing maps.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
The guest list for the event includes senior American politicians and Silicon Valley glitterati, and comes as US officials mull whether to allow Nvidia to sell its cutting-edge Blackwell chips to China.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The two should go hand-in-hand, or communities mulling temporary storage may not believe the mission is truly temporary.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Bangladesh has mulled the idea of forming a trilateral hydro-cooperation with China and Pakistan – two of India’s biggest rivals.
—Pintu Kumar Mahla, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Other Republican-leaning states such as Florida, Nebraska, Louisiana, and Kansas, and Democratic-leaning states such as Maryland and Illinois, have mulled redrawing maps.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
The guest list for the event includes senior American politicians and Silicon Valley glitterati, and comes as US officials mull whether to allow Nvidia to sell its cutting-edge Blackwell chips to China.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The two should go hand-in-hand, or communities mulling temporary storage may not believe the mission is truly temporary.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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Keeping ‘the wolf away from the door’ Colorado River cuts could hit the tiny town of Cave Creek harder than any other municipality, town officials say, potentially grinding growth to a halt and pulling the town government into lawsuits over unfulfilled water contracts.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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And when daily wear and tear was simulated – through continuous electric-toothbrush abrasion equivalent to about a year of brushing, as well as chewing and grinding – the teeth actually had superior resistance to wear, fracture and acid attack compared with natural enamel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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Try dishes such as the guava duff, a steamed pudding slathered in a rum sauce, or johnnycake, Bahamian-style without the cornmeal, with a slab or two of salt fish.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 Aug. 2025
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Overwintering fires continue through winter by smoldering in forest duff and peat underground, only to start up again in the spring.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
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Walpole got on the board first, scoring three seconds into the second quarter when Jack English pounded the ball into the end zone on third-and-goal from the one.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Without its dynamic starting quarterback, the Cougars were outpaced by visiting Inglewood, which pounded the rock in a 40-16 victory on Friday at Saddleback College.—
Zach Cavanagh,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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Billions of barrels of oil may lie in the ancient sediments beneath the seabed, and licenses have just been approved to drill there.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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But over the years, some of that sediment has incubated new artforms, and trash and treasure have appeared in the same stream.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
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Wrappers and crushed soda cans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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White people organized a brutal resistance against Black citizenship, deploying violence and terror to crush Reconstruction.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Particles of silt and any rust from your plumbing join in.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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These silts were left behind when ancient river channels filled up or when floodwaters slowed down and gently dropped tiny particles.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
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The discussion came as Robinhood posted third quarter results that beat analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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That figure, which is provided by payrolls processing company ADP, beat the Dow Jones consensus estimate for an increase of 22,000.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dark Skies does an excellent job of using an alien threat as a metaphor for the pressures on the nuclear American family that lead to so many of them disintegrating.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Over the years, the roof disintegrated and many of the windows are broken.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Mull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mull. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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