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to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order
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Recent Examples of gaping
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
And that is just a gaping fundamental hole with the entire structure.
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David Pogue,
CBS News,
30 June 2024
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
Kimiya wailed as the bio-andy moved toward the gaping hole.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
26 June 2026
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Adjective
Given that there is no witness to what happened, that leaves a very gaping hole in this investigation.
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Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
And that is just a gaping fundamental hole with the entire structure.
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David Pogue,
CBS News,
30 June 2024
Verb
Defenders Mbekezeli Mbokazi and Aubrey Modiba made heroic clearances, the former denying Jonathan David with an open goal gaping in the second half, while goalkeeper Williams made a string of important saves, too.
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Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
Kimiya wailed as the bio-andy moved toward the gaping hole.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
26 June 2026
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Adjective
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Members love Thrive Market's wide selection of high-quality products and speedy shipping.
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Pélisson previously told Variety that animation and co-productions have become key drivers of French content’s appeal abroad, reflecting the sector’s ability to travel across borders and reach a wide range of audiences.
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The banners of Hightower green burning in the night, Rhaenyra staring ominously through the flames.
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Now, yes, staring at the ceiling long enough to draw you a diagram of the paint peeling.
Adjective
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Some of the industry's fastest-growing markets are also the most exposed, the study found.
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The jobs generations of students were steered toward are among the most exposed.
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Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.
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The walk to the stadium is a mile or so along the Alaskan Way, where restaurants like the Crab Pot are opening up, but everyone is gawking at the street spectacle.
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Isn’t that what any of us wants when gazing into the mirror held up to nature, as Hamlet describes the theater?
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Soul gazing The following morning, the participants wake up with maybe the clearest heads in Nashville.
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“Gaping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaping. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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