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The spoken introduction to “As You Lie There”—“I used to walk past your house / Every night I’d look up at your window”—is pure Shangri-Las.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“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

Hanks said the cast related to the storyline because they had all "met that disinterest" of young people who "look down at their phone, look up, look down, look up".

From BBC • 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

Pua and I look up into the sky at the same time.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila