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And he began to work in earnest on the manuscript for “City of Quartz,” which brought together ideas he had been cogitating on for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2022

I had been cogitating for some days upon a new idea.

From Caesar's Column by Donnelly, Ignatius

Then the huge joke he had been cogitating ever since Irene informed him at luncheon that Royson was now a man of title mastered him completely.

From The Wheel O' Fortune by Tracy, Louis

“Do you know,” observed Fritz, who had been cogitating awhile, “I think I see the reason for their methodical habit of going to and from the water.”

From Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

During the afternoon of the previous day the General, who was a great theorist, had been cogitating some scheme which he only communicated to Colonel Stewart, and to one or two others.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis