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But if you squint, you can see the outline of the type of stuff that always works.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“If you squint at some of the lower-priced tickets, you might be able to find something there,” he says, but Premium tickets are “humming along very nicely.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

“With the starting pitching we have, if we have the ability to be more consistent with our offense, you can definitely squint and see a better club out there,” Mozeliak told me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

If you squint and look at him one way, he seems like a moderate, but look at him from another angle, and he seems super progressive.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

As we pulled away from the station, bright, afternoon sun streamed through the windows, making me squint.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

From her home deep in Upper Coquetdale, Sam Wood squints into the sun as she looks up the narrow silvery road which winds up the valley where many farming families have lived for generations.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

But such squints are a poor substitute for certainty; greater clarity may come from JWST’s measurement of how much iron the nebula holds.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2023

Farrell squints so hard at times his bushy eyebrows form a barrier on his forehead as if he's trying to keep the world or at least his dark thoughts out of his head.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023

She squints her eyes, trying to find her young self in the pictures.

From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2023

The girl squints, her sleepy eyes going back and forth between me and Bertha.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

My head was tilted at an angle that brought the odometer into view, so I squinted: It was about to hit a half-million.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Dr. Laurie Margolies, the chief of breast imaging at the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai, has spent nearly four decades reading mammograms, starting back when radiologists squinted at film on light boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

As the cars zoomed around the track, spectators squinted to decipher whose ride was whose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025

Kropp squinted at the list, noticing it didn’t include authors’ names, which is how the store is organized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

While Sadako squinted her eyes tightly shut, Chizuko put some pieces of paper and scissors on the bed.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

The mere sight of us pulling out the camera and squinting through its tiny viewfinder draws attention – "I've not seen one of these in years", a man remarks.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Carlson is squinting as he asks his questions in a way that sounds naive and lets Huckabee fill the space.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

But once you have accepted the limitations and frustrations, the experience will justify squinting your eyes and straining your neck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

I’d follow a recipe to the letter and still end up squinting at the oven door, trying to gauge whether I’d accidentally created something leaden or gummy or wrong.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025

Seconds later, squinting at Father, he says, “Reckon not. We’re just getting supplies.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes