Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stargazing
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Every kid grows up dreaming of playing on their hometown team in a big playoff game, stepping up in the most crucial of moments.—
Staff Report,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026 -
Eric Nadel grew up in Brooklyn dreaming of becoming the voice of the Rangers.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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Kudrow, who starred as the free-spirited Phoebe Buffay, said the writers reprimanded the cast for forgetting lines and spent their off-hours fantasizing about her female co-stars.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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That’s not the same as fantasizing about Chinese lifestyles from afar.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Stop visualizing the outcome and instead prepare for the pain.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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Two days after the alleged assassin, believed to be a left-wing activist, was handcuffed at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the Wall Street Journal created a graph visualizing the CSIS study’s findings.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
1 May 2026
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The 36-year-old blueliner heads into the Ducks’ second-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights envisioning the possibility of a playoff run.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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In 1866, Howells had been able to recognize the connection between ending slavery, envisioning equality, and the broadest expression of the American idea.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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That detail resonated deeply with me, both as a patient with my own growing collection of MRI discs and as the spouse of a wife whose cancer journey created an expanding library of imaging CDs scattered across institutions.—
Demetri Giannikopoulos,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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When the Smithsonian received the collection in 2021, our team began digitally imaging some of these slides over the course of several years.—
Ingrid C. Romero,
The Conversation,
5 May 2026
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And there was a smattering of other items, which the visitor, fancying himself an amateur academic archeologist, thought worth noting.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Stargazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stargazing. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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