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squint

verb as in scrunch up eyes when viewing

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From her home deep in Upper Coquetdale, Sam Wood squints into the sun as she looks up the narrow silvery road which winds up the valley where many farming families have lived for generations.

From BBC

Two women at a food stand squinted in the sunlight as they cooked whole chickens on a hot grill to serve with freshly made tortillas and beans and rice.

"She read the sign. She was squinting to see it. She laughed."

From BBC

If you squint real hard, you can see his perspective that he’s a champion for the underdog.

As the cars zoomed around the track, spectators squinted to decipher whose ride was whose.

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

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