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“The God who once dwelled among His people in this city still calls us in the words of Scripture,” the president said in a speech at Israel’s parliament in October.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Prosecutors, he said, had dwelled on the lurid details of the affair, but that wasn’t evidence of murder.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

Vance’s most heated points about gender dwelled not on hormones but on LGBTQ+ issues.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024

England fans dwelled on the agonising near misses in the knockout stages of major tournaments - Diego Maradona's handball in 1986, losses on penalties to Germany in 1990 and 1996.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024

We both were aware of the serious risks involved in playing together in a white neighbourhood, but we never dwelled on them.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane