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Belafonte’s publicist said at the time the performer was meditating before the interview and his earpiece malfunctioned.

From Washington Times • Sep. 4, 2020

The other day I was meditating, and the question came to me: “If I ever saw the person who knocked me over and left the scene, would I forgive them?”

From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2018

Suspected Idaho gunman Kyle Andrew Odom can pinpoint his first extraterrestrial encounter: a night in February 2014 while he was meditating in bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2016

Before Bowie died, I wondered if, along with the obvious reference to his long history of spacey sci-fi motifs, “Blackstar” was meditating on his relationship, as a rock musician, to black music of all kinds.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2016

But that had been back in the days when we’d made him president as a joke and sent him wandering after fake press conferences and stole his shoes while he was meditating.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman