as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
just sat there and gazed at the panorama before us until it got too dark to see
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as in stare
a fixed intent look
suddenly aware of her admiring gaze, he became self-conscious and uncomfortable
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Recent Examples of gaze
Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Guests still gaze up in awe at the ornate ceilings, and take photos of the massive flower arrangement in the lobby.
—Thomas Swick, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 21 May 2025
In the first season, focused on JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, what started out as a beautiful union for the young couple, widely regarded as American royalty, began to fray under the stress of the relentless microscope and navel gaze of tabloid media.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 May 2025
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Verb
But instead of celestial bodies sparkling in the night, doctors in South Korea were gazing at bright brain lesions punctuating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Guests still gaze up in awe at the ornate ceilings, and take photos of the massive flower arrangement in the lobby.
—Thomas Swick, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Noun
On Tuesday, Villaraigosa focused his gaze on taking down Becerra and Harris, who was a heartbeat away from Biden as his vice president for four years.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 21 May 2025
In the first season, focused on JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, what started out as a beautiful union for the young couple, widely regarded as American royalty, began to fray under the stress of the relentless microscope and navel gaze of tabloid media.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 May 2025
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Verb
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Meanwhile, Cauley was staring at a long road to recovery.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Things began to get chippy in the bottom half of the fifth after OSU’s Trent Caraway stared Sloan down after drawing a two-out walk.—
Alyssa Cooper,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 May 2025
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Other locales house hunters may want to keep an eye on include Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa; Muncie, Indiana; Springfield, Illinois; and St. Joseph, Missouri, which are among the least expensive metro areas, according to the study.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
30 May 2025
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Swing it to your front to keep an eye on your valuables.—
Kayla Becker,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Earhart gawked at markets where soft-shelled-turtle eggs were sold alongside string beans.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Two men sitting in a silver GMC pickup truck who were watching the disposal drove over to the gawking residents.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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“Gaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaze. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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