peruse
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You can learn more and vote here, plus read some delightful bios on the bears in the running or peruse its hall of champions.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
But the only architectural feats eliciting "oohs" and "aahs" this autumn morning are of the sponge variety, as enthusiasts peruse the gravity-defying gateaux from the city's gourmands.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
If I’m traveling and visiting family, I’ll peruse their library and borrow something that seems interesting.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2026
It is increasingly becoming a social network, where users go to peruse work by multiple authors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
She flipped it open and began to peruse the table of contents.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
My wife peruses L.A. condo listings frequently and the two of us have periodically gone with a Los Angeles real-estate agent to see new listings.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
It’s a recent quiet Monday morning at a West Hollywood vegetarian restaurant where we meet and Victor, who uses they/she pronouns and identifies as queer, peruses the menu with a mix of curiosity and enthusiasm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
The 17-year-old from Manchester enjoys deciphering the messages behind plates - phrases like YOU 105T are popular - and peruses Facebook groups where different combinations are shared.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
Anyone who peruses Reddit regularly can’t miss the bots: As one user commented recently, “Pay attention to a lot of the new posts—they all start off the same. ‘
From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2024
The general picks up a page from the folder and peruses it.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
As anyone who perused the many clever protest signs could see, there were many reasons why Americans turned out.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2025
It’s meant to be picked up, perused and admired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Along Hollywood Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon, Canadian tourist Harpreet Kaur, 24, perused shops with her cousins and uncle in tow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
He says he perused various theatre scripts and Second Best caught his eye.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025
Quentin rose from the bed, stretching and yawning, and again perused my work.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
And yes, a fourth-season subplot finds the first gentleman hightailing to London to find some purpose beyond perusing wallpaper swatches.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
“We like perusing and we like looking at flights sometimes.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
When I die, I will not feel like the time spent perusing Amazon search results was important to my story.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
When perusing our final list of the 101 best book club picks, my eyes popped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
He turned away from me, and began perusing the volumes upon the shelf, selecting some, drawing them out, and laying them in the crook of his arm.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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