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"I feel like a weighted responsibility because I feel like there are younger women who are looking up to me, but I wish there was more that I can look up to as well."
From BBC
I look up to see a group of girls waiting for her.
From Literature
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I looked up to see the man running with my packages under his arm, his hair streaming out in back of him.
From Literature
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As though my thoughts had called her, I looked up to discover Regan standing inches from me, her arms crossed as she waited for Professor Brown to remove the last of my probes.
From Literature
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In Dubai, the Middle East's commercial hub with the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, residents looked up to see missiles surge through the sky.
From Barron's
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