think better of
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Without time to think better of it, I found myself in the driver’s seat of my own car, pulling out onto the track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Khan went on for a minute about a vexing old record deal then seemed wisely to think better of that.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025
Two days later we were in Spain because I knew, in a couple days he'd bounce back and would think better of this and not want to do this.
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
Mason appears to go to take off his mask for a second but then seems to think better of it and tells Trump he’ll speak “a lot louder.”
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2020
"We can't trust her—" he began, but then he seemed to think better of explaining it that way.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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