look down (on)

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Verb
  • Miller opened the dog crate, and with some coaxing, C31F stepped out and bounded down the hill out of the yard and to the safety of the railroad.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Howe Park is a 38-acre community park in Sacramento County’s Arden Arcade neighborhood, next to Howe Avenue Elementary School, and bounded by Howe Avenue, Cottage Way and Bell Street.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 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
  • Residents in low-lying areas of neighboring Waupaca County have also been advised to evacuate due to the rising floodwaters.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Often overlooked for neighboring Florida Panhandle options, this area is the Yellowhammer State’s pride and joy.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • On Israel, which fringes on both the Left and the Right have increasingly abandoned, Gallego questioned those who want to defund defensive support to the Middle Eastern nation.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The world’s continents are fringed by vast expanses of sand and mud.
    David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 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 23 Apr. 2026.

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