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past tense of look (at)

looked at

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phrase

past tense of look at

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Recent Examples of looked (at)
Phrase
Home-plate umpire Brennan Miller brushed dirt off the plate and looked at the ground as catcher Garrett Stubbs walked toward Nola, who seemed content to throw another pitch rather than take it all in. Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026 In the early 1960s, Americans looked at Cuba under Castro and understood why people were risking everything to come here. Ray Watford, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026 Instead, the General Assembly looked at what the towns had to offer. Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026 Changes in the brain The research team looked at many measures of impact, including questionnaires, clinical assessments and brain scans. Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 12 July 2026 Arity looked at what stores people visited within a 10-mile radius of SoFi that day and also found surges in visitors to nearby El Pollo Loco and Trader Joe’s. Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Once, Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman looked at this — all ways — as a home run of a deal. Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looked (at)
Verb
  • That March, Tahmasbi noticed strangers loitering around his apartment building.
    Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The group also intended to export another 56 servers, but was stopped after Taiwan Customs noticed irregularities in the shipment.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The crabs were first spotted in the Mediterranean Sea in the last century but really began wreaking havoc only around a decade ago, when their population surged, posing a threat both to native biodiversity and to the fishing industry.
    Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2026
  • News first leaked that Cohen would be making another Ali G project in July and he was spotted in character attending Wimbledon.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In the book, Covey tells the story of a man relentlessly sawing down a tree.
    Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
  • Jordan Walker, sawed off by a 96 mph sinker, lined out softly.
    Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Keith was regarded as a true legend in the genre, and nonstop streams of many of his most popular tunes have helped the superstar posthumously hold on to a handful of Billboard charts, week after week after week.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Analysis Joveljic is regarded as one of the best finishers in MLS, and the Sounders desperately need finishing ability.
    Tom Bogert, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • With Amazon proposing a massive fulfillment center, the Hopkins-Allen mill eyed for a 172-unit apartment conversion and several other potential developments in the pipeline, Norwich Mayor Swarnjit Singh is pressing for more.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Kushner, of permanent-capital holding company Thrive Eternal and younger brother of Jared Kushner, and Iger, Disney’s former chief executive, were recently looking into an expansion franchise as the NBA eyed new teams in Seattle and Las Vegas.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Looked (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looked%20%28at%29. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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