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pan

[pan] / pæn /


VERB
look, search for over a wide area
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See more: Tesla sees a $214 billion wipeout as investors pan Elon Musk’s plan to spend ‘as fast as we can’

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Take this perfect steak, she says, and no—don’t prepare it in the conventional way, searing in a hot pan and finishing in the oven.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Start by heating your cooking oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Tucked away in a Sun Valley strip mall, El Compadre market and restaurant was a neighborhood staple, selling handmade tamales, carne asada tacos, fresh pan dulce and an array of products imported from Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

I try not to salivate as fresh steam curls up from the pan.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Warsh’s communication at the July press conference, after the central bank held rates steady at its two-day policy meeting, was widely panned by investors and economists.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Disney has once again taken one of its biggest animated hits of recent years and turned it into a live-action remake - but the new take on 2016's Moana has been panned by most critics.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Boll, a director whose past work has been largely panned by critics, said that he has worked on political projects since the beginning of his career.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Bedrock Materials, which was making sodium-ion batteries for EVs, also closed up shop, citing a bet on a lithium supply shortage that hadn’t panned out.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The few who found it invigorating tended to be men who had waded in its “river of death,” Sinclair’s phrase, and panned from it great fortunes.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The television cameras kept panning to the Wales team in the crowd, who could only sit and wait to see if they had won a medal, before they were denied a bronze by England.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Key to how Morgan Stanley sees things panning out is the non-consensus view of the investment bank’s economists who believe the Fed will stay on hold in 2026.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

But the situation remains volatile and the Europeans want clarity on how a fragile US deal with Iran is panning out before sending in their navies.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Sillie posted a second video, the cellphone panning to the ruins against a blue-sky backdrop.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

I wondered why my father worked so hard panning for diamonds in the alluvial mines, diamonds that he would not be allowed to keep.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince




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