look on
verb
looked on; looking on; looks on
: watch sense 3b
looked on anxiously from the sidelines
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Time 100 honoree Zoe Saldaña and husband Marco Perego serve a fierce look on the carpet at the 2026 Time100 Gala in New York City on April 23.
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Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Williams documented the frantic drive and brisk walk back as other guests looked on from balconies in a video on her YouTube channel.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Prospective students can also look on their school’s admission website.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Videos on social media showed militant convoys in trucks and motorcycles moving through the town's deserted streets, while residents looked on fearfully.
—CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
Videos on social media showed militant convoys in trucks and motorcycles moving through the town’s deserted streets, while residents looked on fearfully.
—Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
A lot of that expression was in how the machines looked on the outside, which of course was heavily influenced by how they were engineered inside and out.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Judging by the looks on many faces across the locker room after the game, the players know it, too.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
The Times, in an article posted online Wednesday, said that the FBI looked on federal databases for information about Williamson and recommended pursuing it further, but was blocked by the Justice Department.
—David Bauder, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
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Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Williams documented the frantic drive and brisk walk back as other guests looked on from balconies in a video on her YouTube channel.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Prospective students can also look on their school’s admission website.
—Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Videos on social media showed militant convoys in trucks and motorcycles moving through the town's deserted streets, while residents looked on fearfully.
—CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
Videos on social media showed militant convoys in trucks and motorcycles moving through the town’s deserted streets, while residents looked on fearfully.
—Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
A lot of that expression was in how the machines looked on the outside, which of course was heavily influenced by how they were engineered inside and out.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Judging by the looks on many faces across the locker room after the game, the players know it, too.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
The Times, in an article posted online Wednesday, said that the FBI looked on federal databases for information about Williamson and recommended pursuing it further, but was blocked by the Justice Department.
—David Bauder, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20on. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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