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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

The menu is extensive, so take a few minutes to peruse before ordering.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026

Visitors pose for pictures in a tunnel formed by dozens of Louis Vuitton trunks and peruse archival handbags, perfumes and runway collections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

Finally he wandered off to peruse the merchandise.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

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

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

When Parkkinen wants to expand the class’ repertoire, he visits Los Angeles’ Central Library and peruses the performance section; recently he was inspired by exercises found in a 1920s book for vaudevillians.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

She eases over to the order window as a tall girl with a folding camping chair slung over her shoulder peruses the menu.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

She perused grotesque album covers while I investigated the indie art studios upstairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024

"The courts have perused hundreds of pages of documents to reach this decision. For Parliament simply to say the facts are different would be constitutionally really quite extraordinary."

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023

This map was smuggled out to the movement with instructions to destroy it immediately after it was perused.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

Before the lights dimmed for the film, “The Lady from Shanghai” at Vidiots, Aidan Gannon and Jason Fine were busy perusing the aisles of endless DVDs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

I don't know why Photo Drive-Up enjoyed torturing their customers, but they made you take your passport photo out in the open—so that anyone perusing the new-releases aisle could watch.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi