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Thinks, amid friends, the tide is turning (9)

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I believe the answer is:

meditates

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'thinks' is the definition.
(meditating is a kind of thinking)

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(Another definition for meditates that I've seen is " Thinks".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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