as in to gaze
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband
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as in gaze
a fixed intent look
caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film
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Recent Examples of stare
Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
The post contained three photos of herself with Williams — staring into each other's eyes as if in shock at their re-encounter, joyfully embracing, and then posing for the camera with wide smiles.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 June 2025
Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 May 2025
As the smiling Red Bull players mingled on the pitch after the win, the Galaxy’s players looked genuinely disgraced amid Vanney’s sharp stares.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 11 May 2025
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Verb
Pointing out the obvious and staring at the problem doesn’t move us any closer to a solution.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
The post contained three photos of herself with Williams — staring into each other's eyes as if in shock at their re-encounter, joyfully embracing, and then posing for the camera with wide smiles.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 June 2025
Noun
As Ventura narrated the video showing the assault, her husband Alex Fine, seated in court, fixed his stare squarely on Combs.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 May 2025
As the smiling Red Bull players mingled on the pitch after the win, the Galaxy’s players looked genuinely disgraced amid Vanney’s sharp stares.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 11 May 2025
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Artists who are also mothers have sometimes found inspiration in their children: Berthe Morisot, the Impressionist, made many tender paintings and drawings of her daughter, Julie, reading or sewing or gazing out a window; Sally Mann took photographs of her children for a decade.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Participants, now paired up, gripped hands with their partners, fingers interlaced, gazing into one another’s eyes.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Earhart gawked at markets where soft-shelled-turtle eggs were sold alongside string beans.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Two men sitting in a silver GMC pickup truck who were watching the disposal drove over to the gawking residents.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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