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Verb
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From across the barbecue pit, see an Elvis impersonator, full pompadour over skinny jeans, plus a girlfriend who looks exactly like Priscilla.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026 -
After spending a long winter primarily indoors, there's a good chance your outdoor space looks a little neglected.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Michael stares at his image without showing much interest.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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An antelope on a ridge teasingly stares before bounding off up the rocky hill.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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All three writers turned loving, humorous, piercing gazes on a particular place, exploring, through cycles of plays, the rich humanity and the grave historical wounds of its inhabitants.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Peasants whisper about monsters in the forest, and in the interlude between the wars, Lajos gazes at a house that is burning down and has a premonition of the world-historical destruction to come.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Someone dressed in a big blue bear costume — an homage to the 40-foot ursine behemoth who peers into the Colorado Convention Center along 14th Street in downtown Denver — has already been getting a lot of attention from attendees, the party chair said.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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Reid Wiseman peers out the window of the Orion spacecraft.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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My eleven-year-old self rolls her eyes, glares at my thirty-six-year-old body, and silently calls me fat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Straitjacketed inside the inescapable present, Pearl gapes up to discover that her husband, Walker, has found her; Walker was always going to find her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Looks on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looks%20on. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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