rubberneck
Example Sentences
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Whatever happens tonight on CNN with Trump and his town hall, it will be a spectacle and type of political rubbernecking.
From Salon
"I've passed through initial shock and intrigue, I'm over the hump of enjoyment, and I'm into morbid fascination, rubbernecking the awkward audience responses, dissecting the intricate hand-ography."
From BBC
The drama of Elon Musk’s ownership is alluring: Musk recently said that usage of Twitter hit record levels, maybe partly from people gravitating to Twitter to rubberneck at Twitter’s chaos.
From Washington Post
I needed to witness the mess myself, a sort of cinematic rubbernecking, so I could talk about it with authority among friends.
From New York Times
If you notice a carcass, don’t rubberneck: Pass it as quickly as possible.
From Washington Post
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