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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stare down
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Crook peruses the crowds, picking his moments carefully.
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Visitors can salsa dance in Puerto Rico, milk a mechanical cow in Michigan, walk through an orange-scented citrus grove in Florida, practice their lasso skills in Wyoming, pick up Mardi Gras beads in Louisiana, send a postcard from West Virginia and peruse a Waffle House menu in Georgia.
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Lara Schwarz studies the effect of wildfires and heat waves on public health at UC Berkeley.
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Supporters argue the Bible should be studied as an essential literary text that can help students understand Western history and the founding of the US.
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“Stare down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stare%20down. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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