stare down

verb

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as in to pore (over)

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  1. peruse
  2. study
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  • There's a great selection of dog-eared books to peruse, often by local authors or about local subjects.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
  • Fans of collectibles can peruse the company’s blind boxes for characters like Smiski, Sonny Angel and Hello Kitty.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
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  • More people will be studied, more tests will be done and the participants will be looked at for a longer period to get a better sense of the impacts, the researchers said.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
  • Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been appointed as the head of a new White House group to study unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAP, a new catch-all term for UFOs that might appear not just in the air but also in space or underwater.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of study
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“Stare down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare%20down. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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