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look over

[look-oh-ver] / ˈlɒɒkˌoʊ vər /






















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Speaking to reporters on the same day in Palm Beach, Florida, he said he had yet to look over the plan in detail.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Offer to look over and send out her résumé.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

Axel replied: “send me CV or better her application. I will look over and get to the right people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

His manager Joyce Moore saw the musician’s death as a form of mercy, observing that in death he would never “have to look over his shoulder again.”

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

I look over my shoulder and see Breanna chasing after me down the hall, so I walk fast toward the bench, even though I still have no idea what I’m going to do or say.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender




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