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stare out

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to look at (a person or animal) fixedly until his gaze is turned away

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Give me a chair that is designed for three hours of focused work instead of 30 minutes of sipping tea while I stare out the window.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Surfers stare out toward the pale, sparkling horizon.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

He used to stare out of the window, he was quite distant and almost in a different world.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

In one of a series of news photographs of the boy, Yazan Kafarneh, taken with his family’s permission as he struggled for his life, his long-lashed eyes stare out, unfocused.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024

I stare out my window again for a minute.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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