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look through

[look-throo] / ˈlʊkˌθru /




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"We look through the garbage so we can eat without stealing or hurting anyone," said Manuel Sanchez Angeira, 50, who has mouth cancer.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

She said he “never directed anyone to look through any employee’s or executive’s communications or engaged in any form of surveillance.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

We will have lots of fascinating solutions to look through and learn from.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2026

"Nurseries have these apps and I was able to look through and see that he'd changed my child's nappy, there were pictures with him in the background," she said.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

I pull out Caroling Dusk and look through the first pages.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome




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