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Recent Examples of look on
In the Season 2 finale, audiences had watched Georgia smother Tom Fuller (Vincent Legault) to death as a terrified Austin looked on from the closet, so her guilt was never up for debate.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 June 2025
On her Instagram Stories on May 5, the Good American co-founder shared several videos of her and the kids reacting to her sisters' looks on TV.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 June 2025
Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors looks on during the game against the Sacramento Kings during the 2024 Play-In Tournament on April 16, 2024 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.
—Michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 June 2025
Harrison Burton, driver of the #25 Dead On Tools/DEX Imaging Ford, looks on during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series BetMGM 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina.
—Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Sabalenka was often frustrated during the first set, remonstrating and shouting at herself and frequently turning around to look at her team with an exasperated look on her face.
—Jerome Pugmire, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
Sabalenka was often frustrated, remonstrating and shouting at herself and frequently turning around to look at her team with an exasperated look on her face.
—Jerome Pugmire, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2025
Sabalenka was often frustrated during the first set, remonstrating and shouting at herself while frequently turning around to look at her team with an exasperated look on her face.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 June 2025
On her Instagram Stories on May 5, the Good American co-founder shared several videos of her and the kids reacting to her sisters' looks on TV.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 June 2025
Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors looks on during the game against the Sacramento Kings during the 2024 Play-In Tournament on April 16, 2024 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.
—Michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 June 2025
Harrison Burton, driver of the #25 Dead On Tools/DEX Imaging Ford, looks on during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series BetMGM 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina.
—Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Sabalenka was often frustrated during the first set, remonstrating and shouting at herself and frequently turning around to look at her team with an exasperated look on her face.
—Jerome Pugmire, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
Sabalenka was often frustrated, remonstrating and shouting at herself and frequently turning around to look at her team with an exasperated look on her face.
—Jerome Pugmire, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2025
Sabalenka was often frustrated during the first set, remonstrating and shouting at herself while frequently turning around to look at her team with an exasperated look on her face.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for look on
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Below take a peak at the best red carpet looks at the 2025 Tony Awards.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
9 June 2025
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Additionally, Get Sh*t Done’s Rebecca Rowntree will look at what happens when humans and AI collide, and Accenture Song’s Nick Law will speak about the work creatives have to do to dignify emerging technology with human empathy.—
Paula Hendrickson,
Variety,
9 June 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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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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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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Companies must view cybersecurity as a global capability and invest early in the people, technologies and partnerships required to build it.—
David Jones,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The shift in trash collection is viewed as one of the major achievements of Mayor Eric Adams’s first term.—
Emma G. Fitzsimmons,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look%20on. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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