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Children’s Hospital Colorado suspended those services in January; that decision was upheld by a state judge, but the Colorado Supreme Court is pondering whether to order the services to resume.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The owner of the Barneys brand plans to open a small-format store in Florida next year—and is pondering the reopening of the Madison Avenue location.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government covets Chinese investment to spur a struggling economy and is pondering a request from Beijing to build a controversial new embassy building in London.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Yohan Cabaye, the ex-France and Newcastle midfielder, searches for a solution on the other side of the room, where Stoke's sporting director Jonathan Walters is pondering his next move.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

At this very moment, no doubt, she is pondering with regret decisions made in the far-off past that have now left her, deep in middle age, so alone and desolate.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro