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stare

[stair] / stɛər /


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He stood there for a second and he looked at me funny — got this thousand-yard stare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

From there you can step out onto a glass-floored viewing platform over Endeavour’s nose and stare down into the flight deck from between your feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Make it a double feature if you so wish, but you might need to lie on the floor and stare at the ceiling after.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

But if his pained stare down the pitch signalled the end of something, what followed hinted at their future.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The wrench makes me stop, stare at it, wonder how heavy it is.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

One of the women, Patty Atavis, stares intently at the camera with a restless girl on her lap, Anna Whitridge, in a 1848 portrait.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

"When I'm out in public I expect stares or comments but when it comes to you in your workplace or at home it feels a bit more personal," Rhiannon, 30, said.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Set between 2019 and 2021, Sorkin’s film stares down the dawn of a new decade, preparing for the birth of our current web of chaos, cruelty and thinly veiled deceit.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Weintraub stares blankly, Wiatt stifles a yawn, and I can’t get a clear read on Wirtschafter, though he’s not screaming hallelujah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

"Harriet's upbringing means she needs human interaction, not to be put behind glass and stared at," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Inside Campbell’s CPB 2.00%increase; up pointing triangle headquarters this past March, executives stared at a problem: Their new gluten-free Goldfish crackers looked like sharks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

They stared ahead or conferred with their lawyers, who said they advised their clients not to look at the victims so it couldn't be misconstrued.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Standing barefoot outside his home at 8th Street and Balboa Boulevard, holding a cup of coffee, Ross Stewart, 79, stared at the gray sky and at the berms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

He slipped his hands into his pockets and stared at the floor until Anna May finished her transactions.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Rather than explicitly listing a “total addressable market” figure, the AI company suggests it is staring down a $40 trillion opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Some contenders for CEO jobs have been asked to answer obscure questions on psychological tests, such as: “I enjoy staring at rivers for long periods of time,” executives say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the mindbending documentary “You Can See Everything,” comedian Nathan Fielder and professed inventor Elizabeth Holmes sit in her beach house staring at each other like gunslingers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The real problem with smartphone use may not be how many hours people spend staring at their screens.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

“This is good for toothaches,” she said, staring up at the bottle as she filled it.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff


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