- present participle of look.
looking
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The researchers are now looking toward the next stage of the work.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
So when she was laid off in April, she started looking for jobs with employers that offer coverage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Mr Horner is looking for a job - that everybody knows - everywhere.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The bots appear to have been tasked with looking up publicly available information, but resorted to extreme techniques when presented with obstacles in retrieving that data, Howard-Jones found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Everyone’s looking at me and my face gets hot.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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