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were glaring
  • past progressive of glare.

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The differences in tone and substance between the president’s address and the speeches at the Press Club were glaring.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

There were "glaring disparities between their written safety protocols and their actual practices", the report states.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

The contrasts were glaring and never easily reconciled: As crypto’s self-appointed ambassador to Washington, Bankman-Fried was pressing for federal regulation even as he dodged U.S. oversight from his corporate headquarters in the Bahamas.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2022

And those thick gray borders around the white dots were glaring hints about Touch ID debuting on the new iPhones.

From The Verge • Sep. 6, 2022

And there’s no forgetting the way those people were glaring at him in that Alabama restaurant just two days ago.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone