mull (over)

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Verb
  • In a Fox Business interview, Carr mentioned that the FTC is contemplating broadening its click-to-cancel rulemaking, asserting his disagreement with the previous administration’s approach to establishing the rule.
    Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Convenient scapegoat The council is widely considered unreformable because neither America nor Russia and China would ever contemplate giving up the veto privilege that gums up what could be an international peacekeeping organ.
    Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The Tonale’s base price is appealing, but be sure to consider the high delivery charge and price leap from gasoline to PHEV.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Shehadeh said the city should consider alternative colors, such as America’s red, white and blue, instead of just white and blue, which may cause people to associate it strictly with Israel.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kirk was a prolific podcaster, known for debating and defending his conservative, Christian values on the show.
    Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Even if a dissenting perspective isn’t correct or better, dissent brings different views to the fore so that they can be debated, and that improves and sharpens arguments, options and outcomes.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Scottish actor, best known for his role as the dashing Jamie Fraser on Starz’s Outlander, showcases his love of storytelling and entertaining with drinks that balance heritage and modern tastes in his new spirits guide The Cocktail Diaries.
    Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • During these years, as activists and scholars were trying to change the narrative about the role trauma plays in domestic killings, true crime was entertaining the public with them.
    John J. Lennon September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But those who study the stars say this is a fact long known by ancient astronomers, and the disconnect is essentially an intentional feature of the zodiac, not a bug.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement You were born in China and studied at Tsinghua and then Stanford and then worked in Silicon Valley.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He's questioned his online presence, fearful of feeding the habits of those struggling with screen addiction.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Fireworks spouted directly beyond the stage where the president and others spoke, which had online critics questioning the need for them.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Once the wholesale distribution is consolidated, Raponi said the goal is to open the brand’s first retail store in Milan, where the company is also eyeing to set up a headquarters.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • New owner part of the aborted Kroger merger Mostly a supplier to other grocery retailers, C&S Wholesale has been eyeing an expansion of its retail operations in recent years.
    Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Mull (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mull%20%28over%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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