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stare

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noun

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Verb
Over there, in a 67,000-square-foot building that’s hardly bereft, staring at evidence of a national title drought four decades long, Darian DeVries works on reintroducing college basketball to a place that should be on good terms with it. Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025 For those who’d like to stare at their dresses all day long, another option is framing. Hannah Pittard, People.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
In the work, Jones is on the brink of an eye roll, her face angled towards the viewer in an exhausted stare. Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 14 July 2025 The travel centers, which are often as big as football fields, are beloved for their pristine bathrooms, competitive fuel prices and the permanently grinning beaver mascot with the thousand-yard stare. Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for stare
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stare
Verb
  • Some even have private fire pits on the balcony—perfect for cool evenings, gazing at the stars.
    Rafael Peña, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
  • In one photograph, Second Lieutenant Cuthbert Higgins gazes at the camera with movie-star intensity.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • Where’s the line between puzzling out his psychology and just gawking at a sicko for nine hours?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
  • Number one, of course, would be Leonardo da Vinci, whose Mona Lisa at the Louvre is always surrounded by a gawking mob.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025

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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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