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Instead, she ruminates on how microchimerism might change our understanding of ourselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

There’s a 2022 documentary called “Lynch/Oz” that ruminates on the ties between the befuddling obscurantist and the eternal blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Across a series of intimate dialogues, the film, adapted from a 1987 novel by Taichi Yamada, ruminates on the estrangement of a generation of gay men and the healing refuges of both companionship and fiction.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

“My pianist has always been the most important man in my life, above lovers, husbands, anybody,” she ruminates.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2023

After a scientific expedition to America, Aronnax ruminates over the true nature of the incidents.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr