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look out

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  1. Also, watch out. Be careful, be watchful, as in Look out that you don't slip and fall on the ice, or Watch out! There's a car coming. [c. 1600] Also see look out for.


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In the kitchen, hand-carved ceramic birds, whales, elephants and owls look out from the counters, surrounded by lidded cache pots and heavy candlestick holders that feel good in your hand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Do you ever look out your window and, tired of the same old view, long that you could just pick up and live somewhere else?

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

What should we look out for through the day as the results start to come in?

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Maxey will Maxey and George should remain George, but if Joel gets going like he did against Boston, look out below.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

She’d climb trees, the tallest she could find, so that she might look out past her shtetl, her village, down the road and past the horizon.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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