glance
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The minute you glance at a blazer, blouse or sweatshirt, a saleswoman is at your elbow, asking if she can find your size or suggest a pair of pants to match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Perhaps this resolution wasn’t as minor as it seemed at first glance.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
At first glance, stromatolites and their close relatives, microbial mats, can look like little more than dark, ancient rocks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
I glance around the pool; I'm surrounded by other black women learning to swim, all at different levels.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Without so much as a glance, he jerked his head in the direction of the shower room.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But the film glances at her neutrally, the way a child would before they learn how outsiders see their block.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The actors spent time forging the kind of intimate charge that could be felt in wordless glances between their closeted characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
When she encountered the boys in the hallways, their glances left her feeling disturbed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
But Barker only glances at a few relevant themes before turning his gaze just when things are getting interesting.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
“There’s just a lot you don’t know about how I grew up. Your grandmother . . .” She glances at Bernadette.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Dodsworth glanced at the item and put it in the pocket of his jogging bottoms, jurors heard.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
He glanced at his staff and shifted in his seat.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
On the home straight, Klaebo had such a large lead that he glanced back at the empty track behind him and took a bow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
William Skannerup glanced left and right at his fellow commuters on the London Underground train network, before they nodded in agreement and pulled down their trousers to reveal colourful underwear.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
He glanced at Wolf yowling in the tree, his breath steaming ...
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
You wouldn’t know it from glancing at major stock indexes or Micron’s share price, but behind closed doors, Wall Street’s anxiety about AI is reaching new heights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"We would say it's glancing contact, it's not full studs on the leg, bending over the leg."
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
He said glancing at the the dinosaur next to him in the dirt helps keep him calm and focused.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
After an initial, glancing chase by a group of indigenous men bent on seizing the whalemen’s clothing and weapons, the survivors landed on the Palauan island of Babeldaob.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
“Jeff,” said Mrs. Tracy, glancing over at him with a frown and eyes that were stern and dark.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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