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In the six decades since, Lawrence Wright has ruminated often on his old hometown and how it’s different than it used to be.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

The cranium has ruminated for decades in a display case, amid pathological and anatomical anomalies such as malformed fetuses and pickled liver stones.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2020

Epstein, who has a law degree, has ruminated about working for a philanthropic organization.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2016

Patrick Toomay has ruminated about such matters as a minister’s grandson, a 10-year player in the NFL and a novelist and essayist about football.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2012

He has ruminated about an independent candidacy ever since his shattering loss in the Illinois primary March 18.

From Time Magazine Archive