as in gazing
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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Recent Examples of staring
The Irish are 0-1 and staring at an idle weekend with plenty to work on after a 27-24 loss in Miami on the Sunday night of Week 1.
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Pete Sampson, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
But after weeks of staring at bare ground, a few green shoots pushed through the dark silt.
—Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Standing by the couch, he's shown staring at the television screen in intrigue, before glancing back at his daughters watching the film.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Some of the same faces are AI replicated more than once in the same scene and sport strange zombie-like staring leers or appear out of scale with other surrounding character identities.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
The market kept staring at the brand, but the numbers told a very different story.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Pete Sampson, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
But after weeks of staring at bare ground, a few green shoots pushed through the dark silt.
—Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Standing by the couch, he's shown staring at the television screen in intrigue, before glancing back at his daughters watching the film.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Some of the same faces are AI replicated more than once in the same scene and sport strange zombie-like staring leers or appear out of scale with other surrounding character identities.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
The market kept staring at the brand, but the numbers told a very different story.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staring
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Jämsén sees this series as being about gazing at the water, rather than being glued to a large screen or cocktail bar inside.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
8 Sep. 2025
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The self-reflexive qualities of the work go further, and the film can surely be read as a statement about the limits and possibilities of a totally analogue and backwards-gazing practice.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Nunn has a divided audience, as the Baddies show is fueled with drama, with Jerry Springer style fights to keep viewers gawking.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Staring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staring. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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