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
Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
As the 9-year-old cat waited for a second chance, video captured him staring through a shelter door.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
In another legend, the monk was said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep during his meditation, one explanation for the doll’s wide-eyed stare.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Which is why, day after day, the deeply faithful and the merely curious alike assemble before St. Peter's to stare at that slim chimney.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
As the 9-year-old cat waited for a second chance, video captured him staring through a shelter door.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
And how many times can June give the camera a hard stare and twisty smile only to end up nearly dead?
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
In another legend, the monk was said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep during his meditation, one explanation for the doll’s wide-eyed stare.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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Rather than looking down at the ground directly in front of you, or letting your head arch back, gaze straight ahead, physical therapist, run coach and running gait analyst Lisa Mitro, DPT tells SELF.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
25 Apr. 2025
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In celebration of its big birthday, gaze at five recent images taken by the famed telescope.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Apr. 2025
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Early in the hour, Lochlan is again gawking at a nude Saxon.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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Hundreds of San Francisco fans filled the City View Metreon with many little girls representing younger versions of Saweetie in the audience gawking at their hero.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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