look over
verb
looked over; looking over; looks over
: to inspect or examine especially in a cursory way
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Their chances of extending that record looked over after 16 minutes, though, when Diaz tumbled in the box after grappling with Kevin Akpoguma.
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The design of Jane and Bob's house was of that era, intended to feel weightless, floating above and looking over.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
That transition is likely one of the reasons Welch spent the night surrounded by people eager to get a word in—though the rangy scribe was often seen looking over the heads of his hangers-on, trying to catch the eye of his tween nephew, who noted that this was his first-ever fashion show.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
The room looked over a strip of backyard, where a German shepherd was loudly protesting his situation, tied to a post in the low chain-link fence that separated the sunburned grass from the alley behind it.
—Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The design of Jane and Bob's house was of that era, intended to feel weightless, floating above and looking over.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
That transition is likely one of the reasons Welch spent the night surrounded by people eager to get a word in—though the rangy scribe was often seen looking over the heads of his hangers-on, trying to catch the eye of his tween nephew, who noted that this was his first-ever fashion show.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
The room looked over a strip of backyard, where a German shepherd was loudly protesting his situation, tied to a post in the low chain-link fence that separated the sunburned grass from the alley behind it.
—Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Look over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20over. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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