stared

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Hayes, sitting at the end of the bench with his arms folded across his chest, stared blankly ahead and shook his head slowly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

The worn lime-green ripstop affair stared at us from a storage shelf for decades, and now I had time for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

“I stared at the thing in disbelief and then realized that this was exactly what was needed to drive a heart,” Greatbach wrote in his book “The Making of the Pacemaker.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The outfielder stared down the left-hander and later grounded out to first baseman Nolan Schanuel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He stared down at the floorboards, his lean frame bent, with a fist propped on a table as if he needed the support.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu