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squints

  • present tense form of squint (3rd person singular).

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From her home deep in Upper Coquetdale, Sam Wood squints into the sun as she looks up the narrow silvery road which winds up the valley where many farming families have lived for generations.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2025

But such squints are a poor substitute for certainty; greater clarity may come from JWST’s measurement of how much iron the nebula holds.

From Scientific American Nov. 10, 2023

She squints her eyes, trying to find her young self in the pictures.

From Reuters Jan. 26, 2023

The squints, frowns and chair shifts don't mislead, although the production's bombardment of cable news-style chyrons either gleefully do or say the quiet part out loud.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2022

Ayesha squints against the sun as she looks in my eyes.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed