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as in guards (against)
to be cautious of or on guard against
if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!
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as in cares
to have an interest or concern for
as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests
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looks out for
2 of 2phrase
as in nurses
to attend to the needs and comforts of
He always looks out for his grandkids.
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Ryman’s narrative lands upon lives crossed in some way with Baum’s book, and cares less about upending fantasy than treating it seriously, as a shade of reality most Americans cannot live without—a necessity that, if devastating, often proves less so than the alternative.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026 -
Come be around him every day and see how much this guy cares.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, an exhausted fan base watches on.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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If anybody watches it, they’re so moved by it.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Jan. 2026
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In the first ad, which debuted in early January, a man notices a woman smiling at him from down the bar.—
Rahul Goyal,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Kim notices a row of objects lined up on one side of the kitchen table.—
Sadia Shepard,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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The 11th Street Kids of Harcourt, John Economos (Steve Agee), Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) and Adebayo had already set out to rescue Chris from Earth-2, and Harcourt’s instincts as an agent who minds her surroundings picked up on the white supremacist haven almost immediately.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Looks out (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looks%20out%20%28for%29. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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