reflect (on or upon)

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Verb
  • The Swedish royal family announced the news of the birth on February 7, 2025, saying the baby girl weighed 8 pounds and was 19 inches long.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The main meteor weighed 67 pounds and there were numerous others that fell on different parts of the farm.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For centuries since, people have pondered why Jesus was killed.
    Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Arteta pondered that thoughtfully after yesterday’s win.
    Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Hogg demures by reminiscing about what the late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman could have done with the task.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
  • During the interview, Lady Gaga spoke about her passion for the art of music, and reminisced about her early days in New York City trying to make it in the business.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • After eighty minutes, the judges retired from the bench to begin deliberating Brittany’s fate—a process that is still ongoing.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The eight-woman, four-man jury has deliberated for about 50 total hours over eight days since getting the case Jan. 29.
    Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Roughly 4 million people, or 2.5% of U.S. workers, were tipped in 2023, according to Yale University’s Budget Lab, a nonpartisan policy research center that analyzes federal policy proposals regarding the U.S. economy.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • This article was generated by the Kansas City Star Bot, artificial intelligence software that analyzes structured information from TomTom and applies it to templates created by journalists in the newsroom.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
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