stare

Their snobbery is juxtaposed with Carney’s friend and colleague Pepper’s unsettling bluntness and eyeball to eyeball stare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Today, while some retailers still accept checks, an attempt to pay with anything other than cash or card is likely to result in a blank stare from a Gen Z cashier.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Worst case: blank stare, polite nonrecognition and the humiliation of realizing he doesn’t remember me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

He hung his head from slumped shoulders, his arms crossed over his stomach and his stare far away.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

I keep talking, tripping over my words, try to crack his icy stare.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

But credit Neill for both understanding the assignment and not quite settling for those awed stares of Spielbergian wonder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Sometimes he just sits and stares into space,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

“He stares into the abyss,” his daughter Rebecca Shouhed said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

The word Pobeda stares down from giant red banners.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

I untangle the headpiece from my hair and leave my station, but in the retiring room, the dress stares at me and I stare at it and I don’t want to wear this uniform again.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The Brit has stared down near-certain elimination in multiple matches, repeatedly breaking his opponents’ momentum with Houdini-like on-court acts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Later that year, he twice froze during press conferences, stared into space, and had to be assisted.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Giant billboards around Tehran showing a triple image of Khomeini, Ali Khamenei and the Islamic republic's third supreme leader have stared down at residents since March, in a clear bid to show continuity of leadership.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

"I just lay there, and I stared out the window."

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Uncle and Hannie stared furiously at each other.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Footage of Cunningham coolly staring down and pointing mockingly at one such foe for 22 unflinching seconds following a scuffle last month went viral, launching countless memes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

IBM’s IBM 3.72%increase; up pointing triangle board was staring down difficult news: The second quarter had been a bust.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

They’re staring down the longest drop of their life.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026

Even Athena, if that genuinely is whom Zendaya is playing, isn’t that helpful, mostly staring at Odysseus in mute dismay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

In front of it, a girl about your age is singing along to the next song, spread out on a Heart Berry blanket staring at a canvas.

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