countenance
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But despite soundtracking 128 episodes worth of hormonal melodrama, Cole’s song most immediately evokes one image: the devilishly handsome, All-American countenance of the show’s star, James Van Der Beek.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
Investors attribute his popularity to his frequent public appearances, unflappable countenance and the Fed’s role in what has been a historic bull run for asset prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
Dan Bifano is in a hurry, but it’s in his nature to be gracious, so he keeps his countenance serene even though gnarly traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway has made his visitors very late.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
This week, pictures of a chubby-faced Vance were ubiquitous; not so much a fat edit of the vice president as it is as if someone photoshopped an overweight middle schooler’s countenance on his besuited figure.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2025
She looked at me, and looked at Sarah, and Sarah’s countenance wrung out of her watchful face a cruel smile.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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