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rubber-necking

noun as in congestion

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And when it moved to what is now Wisconsin Dells Parkway in 1919, the roadway was gravel with no inkling of traffic jams, rubber-necking tourists, escape rooms, zip lines and Noah’s Ark.

In addition to closing all westbound lanes, officials said eastbound lanes were shut down due to rubber-necking at the crashes.

For decades, Ono was vilified by rubber-necking journalists and bitter Beatles fans alike, and her work – encompassing some of the most provocative and original feminist art of the era – was largely ignored.

Yet he’s as susceptible to rubber-necking as anyone when it comes to Woods.

So why bother reading “A Book About Love”? At first, there’s a kind of rubber-necking instinct — the schadenfreude that comes from watching the mighty tumble.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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