ruminate
ROO-muh-naytverbMeaning to think something over again and again
Memory hook a COW chewing it over and over. Daisy the cow chews the same mouthful of grass for an hour, round and round; to chew a thought over like that is to ruminate.
Kai lay awake, ruminating about the easy goal he had missed.
In context Rather than decide quickly, the judge preferred to ruminate, turning the case over in her mind for days before she wrote a single word.
Similar ponder, mull over, reflect on, chew over
Opposite dismiss
From Latin ruminari, “to chew the cud,” from rumen (throat).