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Recent Examples of look on
The Song Sung Blue actress has cemented herself as an awards season darling for her role as Claire Sardina, one half of a real-life Neil Diamond tribute band—and Hudson embraced a sartorial challenge while combining so many divisive trends into one monochromatic look on Sunday night.
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Lara Walsh, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
Rose Byrne Rose Byrne was a Bottega Veneta girl in her look on Tuesday.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Spectators look on in silence after watching Lindsey Vonn crash out of the women’s downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo this morning.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Lineup depth and balance an issue With the caveat that others could emerge as spring training goes along, this is how the Red Sox position player group could look on Opening Day.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Madison Beer showed off a sultry look on the red carpet, donning a leek, form-fitting black gown with thin straps, a keyhole cutout at the bust and a trailing train.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
More alarming, Kayce and his son, Tate (Brecken Merrill), look on devastated as a nurse puts a sheet over a body in the desolate East Camp of the Dutton Ranch, where the family resided.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026
Let’s now take a look on a team-by-team basis.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Lara Walsh, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
Rose Byrne Rose Byrne was a Bottega Veneta girl in her look on Tuesday.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
Spectators look on in silence after watching Lindsey Vonn crash out of the women’s downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo this morning.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Lineup depth and balance an issue With the caveat that others could emerge as spring training goes along, this is how the Red Sox position player group could look on Opening Day.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Madison Beer showed off a sultry look on the red carpet, donning a leek, form-fitting black gown with thin straps, a keyhole cutout at the bust and a trailing train.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
More alarming, Kayce and his son, Tate (Brecken Merrill), look on devastated as a nurse puts a sheet over a body in the desolate East Camp of the Dutton Ranch, where the family resided.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026
Let’s now take a look on a team-by-team basis.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for look on
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The Sussexes coordinated in matching casual navy looks.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2026
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Defense chiefs from two major US allies have issued a rare public plea for people across Europe to support big boosts in defense spending to deter a possible war with an increasingly westward-looking Russia.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Both squadrons stare each other down on horseback, in full armor and weaponry — looking like bonafide badasses of the Game of Thrones universe.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
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Jordan Stolz, sitting opposite of the finish line staring at a large video board, looked at his coach and nodded.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Whitney is gazing into the middle distance, contemplating a runner on a Lithuanian passport, when Ferdinand blows the world of season four apart.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Anna Karina, the star, gazes off to the left.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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In some areas, police say thieves are even using drones to peer into windows and check for dogs.—
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Zhao’s team realized that, for peering around corners, those longer wavelengths are actually an advantage, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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But oily skin that puts a glaring spotlight on your T-zone and nasolabial folds?—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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Teams with some glaring vulnerabilities, but also some great wins.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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The surge in construction of data centers and other large industrial consumers of electricity has created a gaping supply shortfall across Exelon’s territory, Butler said, and left its customers facing record-high prices.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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That left a gaping void into which extraterrestrial truthers could put just about anything.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Research on growth mindset shows that kids who believe abilities can improve with effort are more likely to persist after failure and view challenges as opportunities to learn.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Parents,
17 Feb. 2026
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As the years went on, many challenges were increasingly viewed with derision, including a photo shoot in which contestants were made up to be different races and another in which a contestant whose mother had been shot and paralyzed was made to pose as a gunshot victim.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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