gape
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Scientology remains this subgenre’s biggest recurring star, even as we seasonally gape at and praise the high-power talent that legitimizes it.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024
As geology fans gape at video feeds that show incandescent rocks blowing from El Popo’s peak, those who live along its flanks have watched with respect and a noteworthy lack of trepidation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
Shops are closed and apartment blocks gape with broken windows.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
Mr Kinnock, who was director of the British Council in St Petersburg from 2005 to 2008, said time spent there taught him there was a huge gape between the Russian public and the country's leadership.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2022
His mouth will gape: his upper jaw will reach the heavens, the lower jaw will touch the earth.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
And deep in the North Atlantic Ocean, an anglerfish gapes into the gloom.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2023
The crater gapes at about 13 miles wide and 2.6 miles deep.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
The line of the river now gapes like an open wound, perhaps a hundred metres across in places.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2023
When pipes experience a catastrophic failure, the breach typically is much bigger, what’s referred to in the industry as a "fish mouth" rupture because it gapes wide like the mouth of a fish, he said.
From Fox News ● Oct. 8, 2021
He gapes at the fires surrounding the reservoir, surprised they’ve grown this far.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Customers have gaped at his portion sizes, he said—one woman ordered a plate of nachos and consumed roughly four bites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Far out in the desert, the researchers gaped at the six-foot-long femur, the jaw, teeth, and base of the crest.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
American executives at the Guangzhou auto show gaped at the car’s uneven purple paint job and the poor fit of its doors.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
Anyone who has ever gaped through a gym’s plate-glass window or nodded off to a late-night infomercial has become familiar with the contraptions.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2023
For a few moments, the men below just stood and stared and gaped.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
He discussed feeling immense grief and how that grief can leave a gaping hole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
They look at gaping inequalities in society and yearn for change.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The large, Soviet-era housing block now has a gaping hole through its top floors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
While health insurance and long-term-care coverage helps, gaping financial holes can still remain.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Above all, he stressed that there were to be no reporters, television cameras, or gaping tourists.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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