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Example Sentences

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So that maybe if we look up, we will.”

From Los Angeles Times

John McPhee, a punctilious user of reference material, has written that he mostly looks up words he already knows to better apprehend their nuances.

From The Wall Street Journal

Someone like Barbra Streisand is someone I’ve always loved and looked up to.

From Los Angeles Times

It tips its head back to look up at him as he says to it softly: "Now we can recognise you anywhere - yes, yes you."

From BBC

So we looked up the phone number, called the fraternity house and asked for him.

From The Wall Street Journal