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They are also the moving chronicle of a mind recovering from depression, thrown into a world of senseless chaos, before there was a Sartre to theorise absurdity.

From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 2020

It has generated thousands of memes as fans exclaim over how cute the Child is and theorise about what will happen next in the series.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2019

The film is full of them: in fact, you could theorise it is the film’s love of moments that is its major flaw, prioritising smart/clever/funny over narrative heft.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2018

Some researchers theorise that suction-filter feeding in whales began with teeth that could be gnashed together to form a simple sieve, and that only subsequently were these teeth replaced by baleen.

From Economist • Jun. 29, 2017

You never theorise above the level of the Police Gazette.”

From The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate by Tracy, Louis