stare
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Their snobbery is juxtaposed with Carney’s friend and colleague Pepper’s unsettling bluntness and eyeball to eyeball stare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Today, while some retailers still accept checks, an attempt to pay with anything other than cash or card is likely to result in a blank stare from a Gen Z cashier.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
So when the shootout broke against them, the German players could only stare into the distance in disbelief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
He hung his head from slumped shoulders, his arms crossed over his stomach and his stare far away.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
I flip through it; the empty pages stare back at me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The tension here is palpable, as she stares at the viewer through the screen as if cast out of her home by Schuyler’s physical and emotional presence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
One man stares silently at the floor, weakened by advanced liver disease and in urgent need of treatment.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
“He stares into the abyss,” his daughter Rebecca Shouhed said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Chuck’s look-alike stares at me from the diner steps.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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ATLANTA—For the second time in the last four days, Argentina’s hopes of repeating as World Cup champions were hanging by a thread, as they stared down the possibility of a seismic upset.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
As I stared into empty niches that once contained massive wooden statues of saints, I meditated on how fragile our democracy is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Later that year, he twice froze during press conferences, stared into space, and had to be assisted.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
"I'm not a model," he said, after his picture was taken as he stared at the floor.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
A young boy wearing a newsboy cap twisted around and stared at me with an unsmiling look.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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In practice, according to the federal judge who’s spent two years staring at how it works, it identifies almost nobody.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
"I had been staring at this fossil for a while," Bhullar said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Based on these figures and the forward price-to-earnings ratios, investors might be staring at a bargain with Oracle.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
To get buy-in, he showed the leadership team a video of staffers working with the old technology, stuck staring at a spinning wheel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I stood staring at the tiny unmoving form with my heart thudding strangely against my ribs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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