muse (over)

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ponder
Verb
  • Leaders and others in these communities have often spoken out against violence as a solution, while warning that pondering existential and nightmarish scenarios can overwhelm and destabilize vulnerable people.
    St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Scientific American caught up with Corey—actually writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck—to ponder frighteningly realistic extraterrestrial invasions, changing concepts of personhood, weird alien societies and the terror of tenure-track research.
    Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Muse (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muse%20%28over%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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