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Emily, John, and David ponder unsolved questions about ourselves and our world.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

His molds, based on the form of a lion sculpture in the British Museum, delve into the politics of collecting and ponder what is lost when cultural artifacts are centralized in institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

U.S. stock-index futures were little changed on Sunday, as investors ponder the likelihood of a fresh interest-rate hike and look ahead to fresh labor data and tech earnings this week.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

Plenty for the new Test coach - and English cricket - to ponder.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

We left the farmer to ponder his slain sheep and went back to town, plodding across wet hills in the slate-gray dusk.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

The sorrow is intimate as he recalls tender moments with his child and expansive as he grieves for the dead of the Civil War and ponders his responsibility for all of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Signs Honda are on the right track are what Alonso has been looking for as he ponders whether to stay in the sport beyond the end of the season.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

In his weekly Flow Show strategy note, Bank of America’s Michael Hartnett ponders the likelihood of Warsh imposing a rate hike to calm the long end of the Treasury curve.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

“In the Mouth of Madness” ponders just how powerful media — and our relationship to it — can be, and Neill gives an electrifying turn as a man caught up in a myth made real.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

He tapples rapidly into his dimputer, tapple, tapple, tapple, pauses, looks up, ponders the ceiling, resumes tappling.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

Roz and I looked down from the dock and pondered how to get aboard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“Romesh, Joe, Rob know me really well. They all know that I don’t change my mind overnight,” he said, as he pondered whether to turn and help fellow traitor Richard E Grant clear his name.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

NFL linebacker-turned-anayst Tedy Bruschi pondered as much this week in breaking down why the relationship between the Chargers’ quarterback and offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel has yet to click.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Yuriy, a senior instructor who led one of the squads across the gruelling obstacle course, has at times pondered the necessity of such trials given the nature of drone warfare.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

I pondered awhile, searching my memory: then it came to me: the man who had called after Raja’s death.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Forgo pondering the eternal question of why the pumpkin in the shape we want has a weird wart and why the pumpkin without the weird wart isn’t in the shape we want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"The biggest compliment you can pay Harry Kane is to ask yourself how long we've been pondering the question 'what will England do if Harry Kane gets injured?',"

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Take a look back at the memorable unsolved queries that Slate readers were pondering 20 years ago.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

And Aaron Donald, one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, is pondering coming out of retirement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

After pondering a minute, Grandpa had agreed to give her the furniture with the house.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns