mull over
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In the meantime, it doesn’t hurt to mull over other ways to help foster an appreciation for delayed gratification — in ways you’d be able to see and appreciate while you’re alive.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
She even suggests assembling a “question collection” in the workplace, to which employees would contribute unknowns for their co-workers to mull over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
Clarke said he has a lot to mull over, which he does.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
Sitting down on a steel cot across from the stove to mull over this eerie tableau, I encounter evidence of McCandless’s presence wherever my vision rests.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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