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as in bounced
to strike and fly off at an angle
the basketball glanced off the rim her wild pitch glanced off my shoulder and landed in the dugout
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as in peeked
to take a quick or hasty look
just glanced at the instructions before assembling the bike glanced over his shoulder to see if she was still there
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as in gleamed
to shoot forth bursts of light
diamonds glancing in the display case
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Recent Examples of glanced
Texas basketball coach Sean Miller glanced over the stat sheet after Saturday’s 74-70 home loss to rival Texas A&M with a grimace before stating the obvious.
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Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
Then the star guard’s eyes glanced at Drew Timme’s T-shirt.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes.
—Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Matthews glanced over, wondering, perhaps, who exactly had fired the puck and why.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
But when Griggs, 78, glanced across the street to the now-vacant Hungerford school property, a place where his daughter once attended school, his expression turned to frustration.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
Stopped and glanced at the side garden on the way out.
—Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
The lone incompletion came on a near score that glanced off Kittle’s hand in the second quarter.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Griffin glanced around at the sprawling line behind her, which had blossomed into what Knaus employees estimated was a six-hour wait.
—Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
Then the star guard’s eyes glanced at Drew Timme’s T-shirt.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes.
—Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Matthews glanced over, wondering, perhaps, who exactly had fired the puck and why.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
But when Griggs, 78, glanced across the street to the now-vacant Hungerford school property, a place where his daughter once attended school, his expression turned to frustration.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
Stopped and glanced at the side garden on the way out.
—Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
The lone incompletion came on a near score that glanced off Kittle’s hand in the second quarter.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Griffin glanced around at the sprawling line behind her, which had blossomed into what Knaus employees estimated was a six-hour wait.
—Miami Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glanced
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The Avs got a bit of a break when the puck bounced past Jensen and right to Kelly, who beat Reimer for his 11th goal of the season.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
29 Jan. 2026
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At the Oakland Medical Center, Gabby Grady, a physical therapist at Kaiser’s San Francisco Medical Center, bounced her one-year-old baby, Quinn, in the crowd.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Saint Agnes and Saint Thomas peeked out windows, surrounded by dumb cane and Chinese evergreen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cobalt blue socks peeked out from The Row’s Stella slippers, adding contrast while solving the obvious cold-weather problem.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Another video shows Archie, 6, feeding a rhinoceros at the zoo while his red hair gleamed in the sunlight.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
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The china gleamed, the Waterford sparkled, and the silver was polished.—
Peter Folan,
Boston Herald,
27 Nov. 2025
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The Red Wings rebounded from a 4-3 overtime loss to Minnesota on Thursday and now have points in their last five games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Overall, the Mavericks out-rebounded the Warriors 54-35.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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As a rookie in 2024, Coleman flashed star potential at times, catching 29 passes for 556 yards and four touchdowns in 13 games.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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This stretch has been far from perfect, but Jakucionis has also flashed his intriguing potential as a playmaking guard who also has opened eyes with his hustle, improved three-point shooting and physicality on both ends of the court.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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In 2023, astronomers reported that some of these satellites were already photobombing images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, as sunlight glinted off their surfaces leaving bright trails that erase, obscure or mimic genuine cosmic signals.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
12 Dec. 2025
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Chalk dust glinted like pollen or asbestos in the sunshine coming through the window.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
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Early one morning in late December, the sky was overcast on the waters off the coast of Dana Point, in Southern California’s Orange County, and still the scales of a thrashing six-pound bonito, reeled in by the chef Junya Yamasaki, shimmered brilliantly.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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Kate Hudson shimmered in a custom Giorgio Armani Privé draped silver halter-neck gown with crystal embellishments.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Glanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glanced. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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