stargazed

Definition of stargazednext
past tense of stargaze
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Verb
  • But for many, the occasion carried a deeper meaning, one centered on those who dreamed of connecting Los Angeles to Chicago by road generations before them.
    Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • One participant dreamed of asking for help from a fellow-passenger in a car.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Every vessel was visualized clearly.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The story follows struggling creatives navigating debt, eviction threats and a precarious gig economy, visualized in Riley’s inventive style — from looming piles of eviction notices to characters literally struggling up and down steep inclines that mirror the instability of their lives.
    Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • For years the sisters had fantasized, half-seriously, about having their own YouTube channel.
    Scot Paltrow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The new sound became a global fad, even in the locales that exotica artists fantasized about.
    H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • As originally envisioned, the historical action epic Desert Warrior would be a film of groundbreaking firsts.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That includes the 49ers, who walked away with a set of three draft picks Friday that no one envisioned.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The place first opened 93 years ago when Jack Fry, a guy who fancied boxing, gambling and horse racing, opened a tavern with his wife, Flossie.
    USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Dudley will be well-fancied to be the highest-scoring rookie in NWSL 2026.
    Theo Lloyd-Hughes, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Thus the god of the clan, the totemic principle, can be none other than the clan itself, but the clan transfigured and imagined.
    Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Fire changed human habitation in ways our ancestors could hardly have imagined.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • All products featured on Bon Appétit are independently selected by our editors.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2026
  • Decked out in matching Route 66 button-up shirts that featured a map of the iconic road, the married couple set out on a road trip to celebrate the centennial.
    Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Last year, a Los Angeles attorney was fined for submitting a filing full of legal citations that were hallucinated by ChatGPT.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The report was riddled with fake citations that appeared to be hallucinated by AI, which the White House attributed to formatting errors; HHS then corrected the report by removing the false citations and swapping in new references.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Stargazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stargazed. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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