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[gawk] / gɔk /


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Visitors strolling Hollywood Boulevard stopped to gawk at the gathering, which blocked two lanes of eastbound traffic in the busy tourist area.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

But whether spectators were there to pay their respects to someone they admired or to gawk at the cortège for another one of Hollywood’s dead blondes is its own question.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

Gone are the days where prospective moviegoers would roll up to the theaters and gawk at the board for their next watch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

Biopics should not be a lookalike contest, where audiences gawk at the screen, inspecting the performance with opera binoculars to see just how closely an actor can come to mirroring their real-life subject.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024

I mean, this was going to essentially be a message from my soul, on display for all the silk feathered hats to gawk at.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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