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[gawk] / gɔk /


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The explosion happens in slow motion, allowing viewers to gawk at all of DeYoung’s shrewdly constructed, cinematic shrapnel.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

Nearly 100 reporters still showed up to gawk at their greatness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

Those tumors would often cause passersby to gawk cruelly, which made Pearson feel an unlikely kinship with the notable figures who stopped by the hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

Unfortunately, the same draws that make it a walkable gawk for touristas of every stripe makes it a frustrating exercise in perambulation for locals — kind of like New York’s Times Square with balmier weather.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024

He’d walk home carrying a huge turtle under his arm the way you carry a schoolbook, and me and Dee-Dee would gawk.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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