as in staring
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
goggled at the elaborate costumes and floats in the Mardi Gras parade
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His lashes are long, the eyes deep-set, large and intense, staring piercingly into you.—
Touré,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025 -
The video shows a woman seated in a window seat staring ahead while listening to the pilot’s announcement on the plane.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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But the cringe-comedy antics of the original NBC series landed far better in Season 3 than in Season 1, once audiences began to truly love the characters instead of just gawking at them.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Nunn has a divided audience, as the Baddies show is fueled with drama, with Jerry Springer style fights to keep viewers gawking.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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To be sure, space agencies including NASA already have several sun-gazing spacecraft stationed to watch for solar activity.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Most weather and star-gazing apps will have them.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Goggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggling. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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