stare

“Sometimes life is just awful and sometimes drama has to stare that in the face. It’s a warning.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Taken at a gangster party in City Terrace in 1996, the author and her big sister Maria stare stone-faced, as if daring us to read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

All I could do—and all that thousands of other people nearby could do—was stand there, stare at the cloudless sky, and watch the towers burn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

"He pushed me first so I just gave it back. He started it," Hrgovic said, before breaking off from the interview to stare down Itauma.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Words escape me for a moment and I just stare at her.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

My objective is to use the existing comparisons to reexamine “Promising Young Woman,” try to understand Fennell’s intentions, and look at the bleak truths her movie stares straight in the face.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Governments need to recognize regulatory capture when it stares them in the face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

But credit Neill for both understanding the assignment and not quite settling for those awed stares of Spielbergian wonder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Elsewhere in Washington, the now-defunct US Institute of Peace was renamed after Trump, and his face stares down from huge banners outside the Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Beside her, JP stares at Mr. Retro, wide-eyed and mouth open.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

In 2000, he stared alongside American actress Kathleen Turner in the West End production of The Graduate.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Instead, I picked around fish bones and stared at the mess I had made behind me.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Eala stared straight ahead and sipped her water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

“All the while, the hallmark of this case stared back at us: a flawed eyewitness identification procedure that never should have led to a conviction.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

The other dogs were screaming to run, but Storm sat and stared at the stove.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

"I was crying. People were staring," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Airlines, U.S. airlines included, are staring at tougher decisions ahead, said George Ferguson, global head of aerospace, defense and airline research at Bloomberg Intelligence.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Yes, almost everyone was staring at screens, but almost no one was looking at their phone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Listen to your body” is lovely advice until you are neurodivergent, burned out, staring into the refrigerator at 8:17 p.m. or otherwise unable to locate your body’s supposedly innate wisdom about dinner.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

All the faces staring at her like ours did.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott