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Recent Examples of look on
Fans dressed as popes look on during the third inning of a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, May 19, 2025.
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Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Jack Lang’s eulogy — beginning with a haunting photo (top) of Xana, waving a flag on a deserted pitch with her father looking on after his Barcelona side’s 2015 Champions League final victory — will do a good job of moving you to tears.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Cellphone video showed one of the white cops, Derek Chauvin, pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes while the other officers looked on.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Peter, looking on, suddenly seems to remember his wife just may be a human being.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
As her teammates and Royals players looked on, visibly shaken, King received treatment from trainers before she was stretchered off the field.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 14 May 2025
Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Jack Lang’s eulogy — beginning with a haunting photo (top) of Xana, waving a flag on a deserted pitch with her father looking on after his Barcelona side’s 2015 Champions League final victory — will do a good job of moving you to tears.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Cellphone video showed one of the white cops, Derek Chauvin, pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes while the other officers looked on.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Peter, looking on, suddenly seems to remember his wife just may be a human being.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
As her teammates and Royals players looked on, visibly shaken, King received treatment from trainers before she was stretchered off the field.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 14 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for look on
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Meanwhile, Lilo & Stitch is looking at a second frame of $60M, off 59%, which is in the vicinity of previous Disney Memorial Day live-action takes of classic toons Aladdin (-53%) and Little Mermaid (57%).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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Hill is on a Hall of Fame trajectory, and looked first ballot-worthy until last season, when his antics, side babies, lawsuits and now a divorce finally overshadowed underwhelming play.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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Things began to get chippy in the bottom half of the fifth after OSU’s Trent Caraway stared Sloan down after drawing a two-out walk.—
Alyssa Cooper,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Cauley was staring at a long road to recovery.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Kulture even holds her little one in her arms, while Cardi gazes at her two girls.—
Emma Aerin Becker,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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But colleges and schools, too, are gazing in the mirror: What’s the point—the medium, more precisely—of education nowadays amidst tech upheaval?—
Michael Serazio,
Time,
28 May 2025
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The picture is even more grim when peering into the future.—
Gary Rivlin,
Time,
4 June 2025
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To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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As the Los Angeles Lakers get ready to fully embrace the offseason, the roster has one big glaring need.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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When Chuan buys Jay a shirt, the glaring class difference between the boys is unspoken: Jay, whose father is a mathematics professor, lives in the capital and is presumed to have a middle-class future that will include a college degree and a white-collar job.—
Ilana Masad,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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But other eligible households never filed, creating a gaping hole in the county’s address book.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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One of the design world’s most influential podcasters has launched a magazine that entertains, informs, and fills a gaping hole in the luxury lifestyle category.—
Rima Suqi,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The event featured simultaneous viewing parties across key markets including the U.K., Dubai, Southeast Asia, and Mexico, generating 23,000 comments during the live stream.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
2 June 2025
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Anania is already an incredibly talented host, but the rapport (the… RAPPort… sorry) between her and Rapp makes for simply incredible viewing.—
James Factora,
Them.,
2 June 2025
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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look%20on. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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