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Recent Examples of look on
Spectators look on in silence after watching Lindsey Vonn crash out of the women’s downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo this morning.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Drew Barrymore debuted an icy gray look on her show.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
Lineup depth and balance an issue With the caveat that others could emerge as spring training goes along, this is how the Red Sox position player group could look on Opening Day.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Madison Beer showed off a sultry look on the red carpet, donning a leek, form-fitting black gown with thin straps, a keyhole cutout at the bust and a trailing train.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
More alarming, Kayce and his son, Tate (Brecken Merrill), look on devastated as a nurse puts a sheet over a body in the desolate East Camp of the Dutton Ranch, where the family resided.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026
Let’s now take a look on a team-by-team basis.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
The new multi-year pact gives Amazon MGM Studios first look on narrative features, scripted and unscripted series from Balboa.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Drew Barrymore debuted an icy gray look on her show.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
Lineup depth and balance an issue With the caveat that others could emerge as spring training goes along, this is how the Red Sox position player group could look on Opening Day.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Madison Beer showed off a sultry look on the red carpet, donning a leek, form-fitting black gown with thin straps, a keyhole cutout at the bust and a trailing train.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
More alarming, Kayce and his son, Tate (Brecken Merrill), look on devastated as a nurse puts a sheet over a body in the desolate East Camp of the Dutton Ranch, where the family resided.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026
Let’s now take a look on a team-by-team basis.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
The new multi-year pact gives Amazon MGM Studios first look on narrative features, scripted and unscripted series from Balboa.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for look on
Verb
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Republicans look poised to nominate their most radical, out-of-touch slate in our memory.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Minter has been patient and looked far and wide in assembling his first staff.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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When Robbie first strokes the plush walls, her Cathy stares with the appropriate mix of awe and terror.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2026
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Stevenson was forced to walk over to him, so that the two could perform the next part of the ritual and stare at each other, eye to eye.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Images of Robbie in looks from archival John Galliano to custom Dilara Findikoglu, often gazing up at co-star Jacob Elordi, himself in custom Bottega Veneta, have been crowding our social feeds for weeks, well ahead of the film’s February 13 release.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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The façade was pure marketing, with Schubert and Mozart gazing down on an arched display window that gave views into the rotunda.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
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Other guests nearby were peering at displays of new pieces from the brand’s Les Pétales and The Bows high jewelry collections.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Cathy peers down at them through a hole in the floorboards.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
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One glaring absence was the communist-socialist Mayor Mamdani.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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One glaring vulnerability towards the end of Enzo Maresca’s tenure was Chelsea’s tendency to panic under even slight pressure.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Left behind was a gaping hole in the roof and fire, smoke and water damage around the house.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The results suggest a gaping hole in previous theories of neuromodulation.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl, who is overseeing the trial, has instructed them not to search for or view any information related to the case or to change their settings to evaluate claims made during trial.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Interestingly, the star V1610 Cygni has been viewed very well, and nearly continuously, over the past 30 years or so.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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