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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ruminate .
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Examples
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That I hate driving long distances because my brain ruminates on the things that make me feel like a failure and question who I am and who I want to be.
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When they have nothing else to do, they ruminate as a cow ruminates.
THE GHETTO 2010
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Part of that essence stems for the lyrics themselves, which are a poem by Kafavi, called "Thimisou, soma" (Remember, body) in which St. Luke, now an old man (he was not martyred) ruminates on his youth and early erotic experiences.
Michal Shapiro: Still Another Christmas: Excerpts From an Orthodox St. Luke Passion (Video) Michal Shapiro 2012
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Chris ruminates on whether the tech giants 'habit of entering new markets with free products funded by the obscene margin they make in their primary lines of business is going to face legal scrutiny in the future.
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Part of that essence stems for the lyrics themselves, which are a poem by Kafavi, called "Thimisou, soma" (Remember, body) in which St. Luke, now an old man (he was not martyred) ruminates on his youth and early erotic experiences.
Michal Shapiro: Still Another Christmas: Excerpts From an Orthodox St. Luke Passion (Video) Michal Shapiro 2012
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Drawn from essays and speeches spanning the past 50 years, Mr. Hobsbawm's book ruminates on pre-Marxian socialism, the works of the Italian communist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, and a slew of internecine ideological battles that will be of interest mainly to academics and unreconstructed militants.
How a True Believer Keeps the Faith Michael Moynihan 2011
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As Tyler sleeps, Carney ruminates on the science fiction aspects of their predicament, to Gullette's growing irritation.
Andrea Chalupa: Theater Review: The Birthday Boys Andrea Chalupa 2011
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Between bursts of fast, fluent rhyming on his new album, "Take Care," he ruminates on the trade-offs of his rapid ascent and uncomfortable personal history, including family debt and his mother's illness, both of which drove him to chase a career in music, he says.
A Rapper Who Also Sings John Jurgensen 2011
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As Tyler sleeps, Carney ruminates on the science fiction aspects of their predicament, to Gullette's growing irritation.
Andrea Chalupa: Theater Review: The Birthday Boys Andrea Chalupa 2011
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(CNN) – As President Obama ruminates over his second Supreme Court pick in as many years, outgoing Michigan Gov.
For high court pick, 'wise' to look outside the courts, gov says 2010
jackdearing commented on the word ruminates
Mary Baker Eddy uses ruminates in Science and Health on page 430, line 19. The patient feels ill, ruminates, and the trial commences.
May 16, 2009