rubbernecking
Example Sentences
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At least it starts off that way, but of course, the gathering quickly sours, leaving us rubbernecking the damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
“It is pure rubbernecking and I can’t stop,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Like the show it criticizes, it is an exercise in rubbernecking, capitalizing on the contestants’ anguish and suffering instead of offering healthy media analysis in hindsight as medicine.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025
Twitter is perpetually a car fire, and its biggest advantage is that humans enjoy rubbernecking.
From Slate ● May 7, 2024
We’re inching along the corridor, rubbernecking, unwilling to miss a single link.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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