gawk

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Comedian Daniel Tosh even parlayed a desire to gawk at the web’s inept and unaware into a vicious update of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” that aired on Comedy Central for years.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026

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

Biopics should not be a lookalike contest, where audiences gawk at the screen, inspecting the performance with opera binoculars to see just how closely an actor can come to mirroring their real-life subject.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024

The evening crowd turned to gawk at a house on the opposite side.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead