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
Michael Nied, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Duran crouched, hands on his knees, staring at his feet, as the Phillies’ training staff rushed to his side.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The deep fields were Hubble's most intense stares into the universe, revealing the faintest galaxies at the highest redshifts that Hubble could see, galaxies that existed over 13 billion years ago and whose light has been traveling for all that time.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Hamilton held one of Dirks' hands while staring into his eyes with a smile.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Duran crouched, hands on his knees, staring at his feet, as the Phillies’ training staff rushed to his side.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
Cut them to pieces and reduced Luka Modric to a sad, haunted, thousand-yard stare?
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 July 2025
The deep fields were Hubble's most intense stares into the universe, revealing the faintest galaxies at the highest redshifts that Hubble could see, galaxies that existed over 13 billion years ago and whose light has been traveling for all that time.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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The undated photo was credited to Carina Johansen, NTB, and showed Mette-Marit softly smiling and gazing past the camera.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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As a teen, country-rocker Daniel Donato would sit on the sidewalk outside of Robert's Western World after playing gigs and gaze up at the Ryman Auditorium.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
20 Aug. 2025
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For one, Tyler might see his own celebrity as akin to a fish — they’re similarly gawked at by strangers.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
21 July 2025
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And Fanatics will bring back the 40/40 Club, a temporary pop-up of Jay-Z’s infamous New York City hotspot, constructed inside the Javits Center, exclusively for the biggest stars and highest rollers … though fans are free to gawk from a distance.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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“Stare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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