mull over
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The two clubs with most to mull over after seeing their top-four hopes dealt a blow are Liverpool and Chelsea.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Next in line was Zaslav, who met with Paramount Chief Executive Bob Bakish in December to mull over the idea of merging their companies, according to people who were briefed on the matter.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024
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
Turtle paused in a pretense of letting the heirs mull over her last words, trying to figure out what to do next.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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