as in to gaze
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband
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as in gaze
a fixed intent look
caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film
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Recent Examples of stare
Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Some members of Massey's family, including her mother, were escorted out of the courtroom in tears, but her father, James Wilburn, sat in the back for the entire video and stared straight ahead.
—Selina Guevara, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Cultivate that 1,000 yard-stare.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
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Verb
On a Sunday afternoon in San Jose, a teenage girl in a witch’s hat rushed toward a table piled with crystal jewelry while down the aisle a boy in a Spider-Man suit stopped to stare wide-eyed at a jumping spider crawling in a display case.
—Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Some members of Massey's family, including her mother, were escorted out of the courtroom in tears, but her father, James Wilburn, sat in the back for the entire video and stared straight ahead.
—Selina Guevara, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
Jonathan Gannon’s stare adds a thousand yards as each ball sails between the posts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Cultivate that 1,000 yard-stare.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 10 Oct. 2025
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Verb
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The footage shows a tabby cat gazing out the window with her back to the camera while a small gray-and-white kitten sits beside her.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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This time of year, the annual month-long Perseid Meteor Shower is peaking, so once the sun does finally set, gaze upward again to see a flurry of shooting stars.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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In Park Slope, on 9th Street just past Eighth Avenue, the crowds flowing out of Prospect Park sometimes stop to gawk at a row of oddly whimsical townhouses.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
7 Oct. 2025
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While there's plenty to gawk at on-screen, the movie's greatest legacy might be its ridiculously quotable dialogue.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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