look down (on)

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Verb
  • The project area is bounded by the Midlothian Turnpike, Central Avenue, 147th Street and Lamon Avenue.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After all, in Game 3, Banchero made a game-clinching 3 in the final minute that bounded high off the back of the rim and miraculously fell through.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Wall Street analysts are bracing for a volatile road ahead for CoreWeave as its massive infrastructure ramp pressures margins and drives up costs.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Few building types constrain their designers more than affordable housing, where the politics are byzantine, budgets meager, rules strict, and margins thin.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • For dinner and a small fee, Mother got an old woman from a neighboring village to come by with a small drum.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But the water features had to be filled in when oil from the neighboring La Brea Tar Pits seeped up.
    David Allen, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Days begin at Le Plage, the freshwater pool fringed with parasols and a softly trickling waterfall, where breakfasts of eggs, local bread, warm pastries, and fresh juice appear on the long communal table.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • On the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, nestled between a turtle sanctuary and palm-fringed tourist beaches, sits one of the most consequential industrial complexes for the future of global trade.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Look down (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look%20down%20%28on%29. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.

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