mull over
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These are the thoughts you mull over as “Fire and Ash” re-asks the same questions as before: Where does Spider belong?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
Once again, the faithfuls were left to mull over another failure.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
We should mull over the reasons for his success, which might begin with the fundamental question: Is it a requirement of the genre that a punk must be angry?
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
We mull over alternative routes to avoid traffic, cook up last-minute dinner plans and mentally prepare for tomorrow’s meeting.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023
I didn't have much time to mull over my mistake.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
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