look over
verb
looked over; looking over; looks over
: to inspect or examine especially in a cursory way
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Three Idaho campsites made it into the guides, along with an Oregon site that looks over the Snake River into Idaho.
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Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Mar. 2026
Jones quickly looked over his shoulder to see if anyone was around and told Danz to chill.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Kayumi, who appeared to giggle nervously at one point, kept looking over at Balat, but Balat didn’t look back.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
Similarly, there are tools that can look over a biopsy and assist a pathologist in determining how aggressive of a cancer a patient has.
—Emily Brindley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Mar. 2026
Jones quickly looked over his shoulder to see if anyone was around and told Danz to chill.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Kayumi, who appeared to giggle nervously at one point, kept looking over at Balat, but Balat didn’t look back.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
Similarly, there are tools that can look over a biopsy and assist a pathologist in determining how aggressive of a cancer a patient has.
—Emily Brindley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Look over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20over. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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