beheld

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Victor Gensini, an associate professor at Northern Illinois University's Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment, recalled one of the more bizarre sights he has beheld in his years of studying these monstrous vortices.

From Salon

Friday, by the time a day has usually revealed itself to the thermometer, we beheld gray skies, felt a 15 mph breeze and measured 52 degrees.

From Washington Post

The title of Adah Rose Gallery’s “A Charm Invests a Face” is from an Emily Dickinson poem that refers to a visage “imperfectly beheld.”

From Washington Post

Once she came to and beheld the scene from behind police lines, Officer Edwards said, her breath was taken away.

From New York Times

We beheld my mother’s full name in its original Cyrillic script and learned finally, definitively, how to spell it.

From Washington Post