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Societies across the world valued gold as a symbol of divinity, immortality, and authority; its rarity made it a special privilege to behold and possess.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

The charge into chips by investors has been something to behold.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

Lift up your eyes unto the hills, and behold all that delightful emptiness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Savouring the fruits of his labour is a prospect that should excite Lampard; the crowd at their first home game back in the big time a sight to behold.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

“Thank you, lady and gent. Now, behold the mastery of the master!”

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Arriving at the high point of the journey, elevation-wise, Ms. Kessler beholds the Cruz de Ferro, an iron cross regarded as an important source of spiritual uplift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

And in the making of “Sincerely,” which beholds her most revealing lyrics yet, authenticity was key.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

This experience is reciprocal: the religious believer beholds the deity and is beheld by the deity in turn.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

On the other hand, she receives great kindness and hospitality from nomadic families and beholds, with awe, pristine landscapes and spectacular, star-spangled night skies.

From Washington Post ● May 23, 2019

Captain Cookson of the "Mondavia" was staring at him in amazement, after the manner of one who beholds a ghost.

From Submarine U93 by Gilson, Charles

Its concerns and desires are our 21st century concerns and desires, with Hildegard beheld as a proto-feminist icon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

At least, it did until very recently, when we fully beheld the wretched manifestations of Meta’s desperate A.I. push.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2025

She hiked uphill from her riverside worksite and beheld a vista of sheer mountain slopes unbroken by rivers or streams.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

When we first beheld our most important Wolf-Rayet target, a star designated WR 104, on a computer monitor, it was a shimmering spiral that resembled a weirdly distorted Christmas bauble.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023

Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

There is a particular thrill in beholding a portrait as old and as lifelike as Isidora’s, just over a foot in height and 6 inches wide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

In the context of the story, the narrator is describing his descent into insanity after beholding the most grotesque, ungodly beast in existence.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2025

These products have been verified compliant with modern standards for beholding eclipses.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2024

“And I was beholding it in a Starbucks.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

Defying the storm that threatened, the clouds that curtained the sun now pass, and we three survivors of a long-ago tragedy stand together in silence, beholding one another in the sun’s light.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein