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“In the movie version of it I look up to the sky and I’m like, ‘I hear you.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Gates ranked at the very top of a 2019 survey of public figures that people look up to—ahead of the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“There has never before been an uncomplicated way for anyone to look up years’ worth of violations by address,” Mejia said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

I want to be the kind of dad that my kids look back on and think I was present and loving and the kind of person they’d look up to.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

My only hope was to look up her address in the personnel files in the office.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman