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

Circled by a verdant reproduction of an enchanted forest, and dressed in a black swan-like two-piece by Ann Demeulemeester, Zardoya held the audience captive with her purring soprano and vampy stare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

"He pushed me first so I just gave it back. He started it," Hrgovic said, before breaking off from the interview to stare down Itauma.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

I direct my eyes away from her, stare at the network of spider cracks that creep along her ceiling.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

Governments need to recognize regulatory capture when it stares them in the face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

“If somebody is giving you any kind of stares or conflict, you’ve got to talk to the staff. You can’t use your fists or your feet,” Kaye said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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

She stares at the drawings on my jeans.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Yet when Levine first stared at her in 2020, he had no idea who had painted her or who the woman even was.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

Her eyes blazed as she stared at me.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

No one sits staring mournfully at the bare lacquered table.

From Salon ● 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

“There is this bit of awe,” Rajaniemi said, “when you realize the world is about to become bigger than it was, and you are staring down this vast space.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

I was a ghost staring at my phone.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows