behold
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In 1776, American cities weren’t much to behold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Hutchinson Himalayas are a site to behold — a mile-long museum of municipal neglect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
Societies across the world valued gold as a symbol of divinity, immortality, and authority; its rarity made it a special privilege to behold and possess.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
The charge into chips by investors has been something to behold.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
This opportunity, therefore, must not be allowed to pass by, so that Italy may behold her redeemer after so long a time.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Arriving at the high point of the journey, elevation-wise, Ms. Kessler beholds the Cruz de Ferro, an iron cross regarded as an important source of spiritual uplift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
This experience is reciprocal: the religious believer beholds the deity and is beheld by the deity in turn.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
“Whenever there is no desire, one beholds the mystery,” Lao Tzu wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2020
Theologically speaking, pride turns itself inward; it beholds the self and deems it sufficient.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2018
"Mourn not," she said, as one who beholds a vision.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
At least, it did until very recently, when we fully beheld the wretched manifestations of Meta’s desperate A.I. push.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2025
He and countless others who had tuned in via social media beheld the flames with awe as they silhouetted a seemingly doomed ski lift terminal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2024
She hiked uphill from her riverside worksite and beheld a vista of sheer mountain slopes unbroken by rivers or streams.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
It remains firmly planted in our hearts, just as it was in the hearts of the shepherds when they first beheld the baby in the manger.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
The English for part of the poem goes like this: A lake of new milk I beheld In the midst of a fair plain.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
There is a particular thrill in beholding a portrait as old and as lifelike as Isidora’s, just over a foot in height and 6 inches wide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Still, while beholding this inspiring mobilization, a basic question kept nagging at me: How do you even get tens of thousands of people in one Zoom call, let alone 100,000?
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2024
“And I was beholding it in a Starbucks.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Allison meets Viktor when she returns and, upon beholding his true presentation, chastises herself for not realizing it all along.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2022
Defying the storm that threatened, the clouds that curtained the sun now pass, and we three survivors of a long-ago tragedy stand together in silence, beholding one another in the sun’s light.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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