glance (over)

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Verb
  • So, Brown leaned harder into OG Anunoby, who finished with 24 points and five rebounds, at center, choosing that look over Sochan.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
  • Simple rooms and studios look over an orchard of orange, lemon and olive trees that leads, down a stone staircase, to a small private beach.
    Helen Brown, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Cars are banned, so visitors get around on foot or by golf cart; however, the island is arguably best explored by boat.
    Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
  • And with more than 20 miles of trails on the property to explore, the natural surroundings here cannot help but enhance members’ mental and physical well-being.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Daikoku presents an excellent venue to serve as one of the game’s hubs for Car Meets, a place where players can gather, show off their rides and browse those of other players in their session.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026
  • Here, guests can browse hula instruments, indigenous fishing tools, and pepper the super-knowledgeable staff with questions.
    Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • The price of the precious metal has skyrocketed—briefly surpassing a record five thousand dollars an ounce earlier this spring—and, as Jennifer Wilson reports from the American West for this week’s special issue, this has led to a boom in prospecting not seen since the days of the forty-niners.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • The Giants will use a combination of Rule 5 selection Daniel Susac and young rookie prospect Jesus Rodriguez behind the plate.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Witnesses saw the armed man run down the road toward Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • The 2023 crew, for instance, came back to win just 27 times and came back from multiple runs down just eight times.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Japanese art house favorite Hirokazu Kore-eda is a somewhat unlikely figure to probe the sci-fi implications of generative artificial intelligence.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • Powerful new lasers and x-rays are enabling geologists like Korolev, a researcher at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, to probe increasingly small flecks of minerals in deep diamonds.
    James Dinneen, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
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“Glance (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glance%20%28over%29. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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