At first, we didn’t think much of it, the One Other Thing. When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested a meal of one corn tortilla, one piece of broccoli, one piece of chicken, and “one other thing”—all for a mere $3–we dwelled more on the other parts.
Alexandra Petri, Atlantic.
Once again, the Cambridge dictionary permits “dwelled,” but my ear wants “dwelt.”
(And my soul trembles that this is what we’re doing to anyone ICE wants to pick up and detain.)