stare

After reading the memo for a third time, I drop my phone on my desk and stare out the window.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"If we couldn't figure out something, we'd stare out the window until it came to us, and I think we're nostalgic for a time like that."

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Taken at a gangster party in City Terrace in 1996, the author and her big sister Maria stare stone-faced, as if daring us to read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"You have to literally stay on duty and stare at the screen the whole time, because you can easily miss it," said Esko, who did not appear to struggle, even late into the night.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Elliot visibly twitched at the word future, glancing around nervously before turning to stare daggers at me again.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

But credit Neill for both understanding the assignment and not quite settling for those awed stares of Spielbergian wonder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Sometimes he just sits and stares into space,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Elsewhere in Washington, the now-defunct US Institute of Peace was renamed after Trump, and his face stares down from huge banners outside the Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Her caged parakeet in the upper corner stares back at us, acknowledging our voyeurism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Dad then stares at Andre until he grumbles in agreement.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

In 2000, he stared alongside American actress Kathleen Turner in the West End production of The Graduate.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Instead, I picked around fish bones and stared at the mess I had made behind me.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Elsewhere in Washington, the now-defunct US Institute of Peace was also renamed after Trump, and his face has stared down from huge banners hung outside the Justice and Agriculture Departments.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

He mostly stared forward as family members of shooting victims shared emotional testimony with the court for more than an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

As I stared, I saw something that nearly made me sick.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“Listen to your body” is lovely advice until you are neurodivergent, burned out, staring into the refrigerator at 8:17 p.m. or otherwise unable to locate your body’s supposedly innate wisdom about dinner.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Or, more accurately, he spends precious little time staring at his screen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Otherwise you may find yourself in an empty parking lot, staring at where your Honda Accord used to be and wishing you hadn’t been so worried about Big Brother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Days after a wall of water and debris ripped through Nepal, Shanti Lamichhane sat on a fruit crate in the dirt where her village once stood, staring at what remained of her home.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

We all watched while Pearl lost the staring match.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck