as in to look (toward)
to stand or sit with the face or front toward
the town's monument to its lost fishermen points toward the sea, the source of its wealth as well as its sorrow
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When the 2025 season ended, the Vikings faced a steep salary-cap overage.—
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We are faced with a vastly more consequential version of a Catch-22.—
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The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Model/Actriz, the hard-core band fronted by Cole Haden, is on a mission to make mosh pit slay.—
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21 Apr. 2026
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The K-pop star first fronted the Beats Solo Buds campaign in 2024, before headlining the Ruby Red Beats Solo 4 — Jennie Special Edition in 2025, a fiery, album-referencing style that sold out across Apple’s online stores in under 24 hours.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Point (toward).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/point%20%28toward%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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