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  • past participle of stare.
  • past tense form of stare.
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stared

[staird] / stɛərd /


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I stared, knowing she could find her way home easily.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

In 2000, he stared alongside American actress Kathleen Turner in the West End production of The Graduate.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“All the while, the hallmark of this case stared back at us: a flawed eyewitness identification procedure that never should have led to a conviction.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Elsewhere in Washington, the now-defunct US Institute of Peace was also renamed after Trump, and his face has stared down from huge banners hung outside the Justice and Agriculture Departments.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The other dogs were screaming to run, but Storm sat and stared at the stove.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen



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