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as in to look up
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Engaging in mindfulness requires active meditation through viewing everything as a wonder — from looking up at the clouds to simply breathing in and out.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025 -
Argo’s Darron Greer Jr. didn’t look up as the scoreboard continuously updated his scoring total.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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That has left Republicans casting about for ways to offset those costs.—
Catie Edmondson,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the final, pathetic weeks of his failed presidency, Joe Biden has been casting about desperately for a positive legacy.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
12 Jan. 2025
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Tourists look forward to flight routes connecting China and India China and India have agreed to resume direct commercial flights for the first time in five years.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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While staying at The Beverly Hills Hotel with Ventura, Morales said an irate Combs burst into the room looking for Ventura, after which the couple stepped away for an argument.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Leave plenty of room between you and the motorist ahead of you, and allow extra time to reach your destination.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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As of late 2024, outstanding federal student loan debt reached approximately $1.64 trillion, up from $1.59 trillion in early 2021.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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This is fantastic for farming Candies or hunting the Shiny version of a boss.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The two were hunting for a specific ironing board, to be displayed as an homage to Sarah Boone, a formerly enslaved woman who had the patent for what became the modern ironing board.—
Aemilia Madden,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Seek (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seek%20%28out%29. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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