stare

The noise built through the warm-ups, in the tunnel and during the anthems, until, finally, Haaland emerged into the blazing sunshine and took a long blue-eyed stare across the pitch at the five-time world champions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Sometimes life is just awful and sometimes drama has to stare that in the face. It’s a warning.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"If we couldn't figure out something, we'd stare out the window until it came to us, and I think we're nostalgic for a time like that."

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Men also stare when Rosales brings her partner to these industrial spaces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Now and then he would turn and stare off toward the bottoms.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

On “Just a Kid,” which sounds as jubilant as her breakthrough 2007 hit “Love Song,” she risks strangers’ stares to dictate a voice note in a fit of inspiration about Joseph’s footprint in the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

My objective is to use the existing comparisons to reexamine “Promising Young Woman,” try to understand Fennell’s intentions, and look at the bleak truths her movie stares straight in the face.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 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

Elsewhere in Washington, the now-defunct US Institute of Peace was renamed after Trump, and his face stares down from huge banners outside the Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

“And from this point forward”—the Colonel leans forward and stares at me— “you will report only and directly…to me.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Sixteen sets of eyes stared up at her from the rug as children strained to get a look at the tearful raccoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

“No matter how many daggers we stared at her, she was unfazed,” said Osada, a graphic designer and occasional live-music photographer who lives in Sunderland, England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

When I came back, Oliver was sitting in a booth by the window, brooding as he stared at the table.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

You didn’t need nine hours of talk radio to absorb it: These Patriots were overrated, these Patriots were regressing, these Patriots were staring at a season they could be worse than the freaking Jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Historically, candidates focused on policies like down-payment assistance that can make buying a house more affordable, but today, more 20- and 30-somethings are staring down at years or even decades of renting.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Before a first down play from the Cleveland 20-yard line, Rodgers could be seen staring at the Pittsburgh sideline with his arms spread out, apparently waiting to receive the play from McCarthy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But it meant that as we sat down, with oil paintings of Earl Spencer's aristocratic ancestors staring down at our TV lights, the interview was not just about his recollections of his sister.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

He stood for two, three seconds, staring at me and through me, knowing me, and I began to understand some of it then.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen