look away

Example Sentences

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SpaceX investors may want to look away now, though–Rivian stock has fallen more than 90% since its record high reached on its fifth trading day.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

"We had gone out for a really nice dinner and I'd been trying to look away from football for the evening," he told BBC Sport.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

As chief heat officer for the city of Los Angeles, it is Marta Segura’s job to make sure we don’t look away from the threat coming for us.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Today, many forces, corporate and technological, make it harder to look away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

They are infants—you look away a minute and in that time they have left their babyhood behind.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya