stared

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Asked about the post-fight exchange, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn told Fight Hub TV: "He said 'let's do it', AJ sort of stared at him ice cold, but he would fight him no problem."

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“I stared at the thing in disbelief and then realized that this was exactly what was needed to drive a heart,” Greatbach wrote in his book “The Making of the Pacemaker.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

They stared down presumably rougher Texas in the national semifinals and painted the floor in streaks of Longhorn and won the second-most important game of their lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Treasury yields rose for a fourth consecutive day as Wall Street stared at the possibility of a prolonged conflict in the Middle East, while expecting U.S. job creation to slow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Hands trembling, I pulled my book from my backpack and stared at the words as they began to swim before me.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows