LOOKING ON Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

looking on

verb

present participle of look on

as in staring

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While everyone else is staring at dot plots and hanging on Jensen Huang's every utterance, Illumina (ILMN) has been quietly doing what good charts do.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
But that’s not how the VAR system works, because the Premier League fears that every key decision would end with the ref staring at the pitchside monitor.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of staring

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The clip began with a makeup-free Giudice sitting in the glam chair and gazing straight-faced into the camera while Reyna sized up the shot.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Lodging options include houseboats along the banks of the Kennebunk River with private rooftop decks for gazing at the autumnal views.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of gazing

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Independent producers often find the book, attach the director, and build the financing plan, and only then does the project arrive looking viable and de-risked.

— Stuart Ford, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
If there’s a chance the remains of that pilot are there, DPAA will keep looking.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of looking

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Later, the vehicle was removed and a gaping hole was visible in the Metro bus’ side, with wreckage strewn around the scene.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
These are the awful misses, with the goal gaping, that can define a match and sometimes colour an entire career.

— Amitai Winehouse, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of gaping

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Such an approach runs the risk of gawking at an unfamiliar people, their hegemonies and their ways of life, even with the best intentions.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
On most days the Jewel House in the Tower of London is packed with tourists gawking at the fabled British Crown Jewels.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of gawking

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But these glaring blind spots, however hard to watch, are the point.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
There was one glaring error that allowed the pass rush to get to Osborne and affect his throw, which landed in the arms of a linebacker in the middle of the field for his first interception of the year.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of glaring

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