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
Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Her dark eye circles come from computer vision syndrome, also known as digital eye strain; influencers spend hours editing footage, livestreaming and staring at screens, leading to redness, dryness, blurry vision, dark circles and puffy under-eye bags.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Dawn Kovell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
Elementary school brought stares and whispers.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Verb
His Zoom profile photo shows two versions of Boulud staring at each other through a mirror—one in black and one in white—clearly meant to denote good and evil.
—Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Her dark eye circles come from computer vision syndrome, also known as digital eye strain; influencers spend hours editing footage, livestreaming and staring at screens, leading to redness, dryness, blurry vision, dark circles and puffy under-eye bags.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
While your dog may look at you with a relaxed and happy demeanor, the dog that looks at a person or another dog with a direct and hard stare is potentially a threat.
—Dawn Kovell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
Elementary school brought stares and whispers.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Another photo focused on the sonogram images, while the last shot showed Dawson and Sykes gazing lovingly at one another, while Iris stood next to them in front of the ocean.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Whether gazing from Gellért Hill or haggling for paprika in the Great Market Hall—the city reveals itself in fragments—intimate, contradictory, and impossible to forget.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But the cringe-comedy antics of the original NBC series landed far better in Season 3 than in Season 1, once audiences began to truly love the characters instead of just gawking at them.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Some viewers even took to hate-watching the show, tuning in every week just to gawk at the latest episodes’ cringeworthy moments.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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