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Recent Examples of look on
While the workouts take place on June 1-2, June 4, June 8-9 and June 11, the media will only get an inside look on June 4 and June 9.
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Nick Harris
june 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2026
This time around, instead of cleavage and double entendres, Sweeney was all smiles in a modest, casual look on the beach.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Rinna, who presented the Award for Best Throwback Song at the show, also shared photos of the look on Instagram.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 27 May 2026
These cars may have represented freedom, achievement, and success to their current owners, but there’s every possibility that their next owners won’t look on them so fondly.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 May 2026
Mete caught a sarcastic look on Defne’s face and leaned in to follow up with a joke.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
Use a magnifying glass, and look on the underside of foliage where mites like to hide.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
My face had to look on point, and the combination of EltaMD’s SPF and my go-to makeup did not fail me.
—Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 18 May 2026
While brown stains give off more of a traditional look, a charcoal gray or black stain provides a sleek, modern look on a horizontal fence.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 13 May 2026
Nick Harris
june 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2026
This time around, instead of cleavage and double entendres, Sweeney was all smiles in a modest, casual look on the beach.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Rinna, who presented the Award for Best Throwback Song at the show, also shared photos of the look on Instagram.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 27 May 2026
These cars may have represented freedom, achievement, and success to their current owners, but there’s every possibility that their next owners won’t look on them so fondly.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 May 2026
Mete caught a sarcastic look on Defne’s face and leaned in to follow up with a joke.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
Use a magnifying glass, and look on the underside of foliage where mites like to hide.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
My face had to look on point, and the combination of EltaMD’s SPF and my go-to makeup did not fail me.
—Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 18 May 2026
While brown stains give off more of a traditional look, a charcoal gray or black stain provides a sleek, modern look on a horizontal fence.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for look on
Verb
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Chestnuts bloom in these graceful, long pine-tree shapes, which look like a symbol of something.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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The unlikely tourist attraction was inspired 73 years ago, when a farmer looked at the twine littering the floor of his barn.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Verb
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In another Amsterdam photo, a pair of identical world globes, recalling Ghirri’s passion for cartography and atlases, rest on matching supports to conjure that oldest of surrealist tropes, a pair of staring eyes.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Sure, there are probably supermodels, sports stars, and famous actors in your midst (don’t stare).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Stood frozen to the backdrop of unrestrained exultation, Cholowsky — the presumptive top pick in July’s MLB Draft — gazed over the boy’s shoulder with a thousand-yard stare.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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As a scorching wind tears across the barren, rocky slopes of Komote Island off the shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Alfred Lenkutuk sits in the meager shelter of his hut, gazing out over the village where he was born and remembering better times.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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Outside a nearby auto-parts shop, a man in camouflage pants and Crocs peered at his truck’s engine.—
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
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That's allowed Micron and peers SK Hynix and Samsung to hike prices.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
Verb
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The benefits are glaring, and no one wants to get the calls that the Herbert, Lutzenkirchen and Bebiak families — and so many others — have gotten.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
7 June 2026
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There are some glaring gaps in the squad following the departures of Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson and Ibrahima Konate as free agents.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The reality of having a curvy body type is that gaping is really hard to avoid when shopping for jeans.—
Essence Wiley,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
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The depth, accuracy and topspin act as the last push, off the cliff and into the gaping ravine below.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Verb
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They were jostled by men carrying heavy crates, cursed out by a man selling a pair of old boots, and viewed with suspicion by seemingly everyone else.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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During these dry winter months, game viewing peaks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look%20on. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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