stare

As a child, Christopher would stare at photos of his grandfather, trying to imagine his voice and wondering what life would have been like if he had come home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

It’s not enough for a film to explain its meaning; it must also say something about that message and its broader significance to stare down the “classic” label.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Their snobbery is juxtaposed with Carney’s friend and colleague Pepper’s unsettling bluntness and eyeball to eyeball stare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Today, while some retailers still accept checks, an attempt to pay with anything other than cash or card is likely to result in a blank stare from a Gen Z cashier.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

They stare at each other, a silent duel, like I’m not even there.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

One man stares silently at the floor, weakened by advanced liver disease and in urgent need of treatment.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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

“He stares into the abyss,” his daughter Rebecca Shouhed said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

She says she felt the stares of the press sitting behind her in the gallery, taking notes on her body language and her daughter Ashley’s sobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

She stares at me with her honey-brown eyes.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

He mostly stared forward as family members of shooting victims shared emotional testimony with the court for more than an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

As I stared into empty niches that once contained massive wooden statues of saints, I meditated on how fragile our democracy is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Later that year, he twice froze during press conferences, stared into space, and had to be assisted.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

In the city of Catia La Mar on Venezuela's coast, Yilsmaris Blanco stared in shock at the scenes of devastation early Thursday after powerful twin earthquakes levelled dozens of buildings.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

I stared at his texts for a minute more, wondering if I should write back, what I would say.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

I am 100% aware that you don’t mention money, but it seems like you would be staring a gift horse in the mouth by persisting with this argument.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

In practice, according to the federal judge who’s spent two years staring at how it works, it identifies almost nobody.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

"I had been staring at this fossil for a while," Bhullar said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

To get buy-in, he showed the leadership team a video of staffers working with the old technology, stuck staring at a spinning wheel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Oliver apparently could not feel the daggers I was staring at him.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows