look over
verb
looked over; looking over; looks over
: to inspect or examine especially in a cursory way
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Today, returning from the mosque, Mr. Newlands looks over at a group of girls playing with a ball just down the street.
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Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2024
The mayor’s proposal would also freeze numerous fire department positions, including 20 vacant paramedic jobs, as well as 10 positions in the Community Police Review Agency, which looks over police misconduct.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
While looking over a section of a Carver Museum wall, Whitaker examined a photo of a Juneteenth celebration at the park taken in the mid-1980s.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2024
Other looks over the years are featured, showing how Dion’s style always seemed at once ahead of its time and of the moment.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2024
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Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2024
The mayor’s proposal would also freeze numerous fire department positions, including 20 vacant paramedic jobs, as well as 10 positions in the Community Police Review Agency, which looks over police misconduct.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
While looking over a section of a Carver Museum wall, Whitaker examined a photo of a Juneteenth celebration at the park taken in the mid-1980s.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2024
Other looks over the years are featured, showing how Dion’s style always seemed at once ahead of its time and of the moment.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2024
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“Look over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20over. Accessed 16 Jul. 2024.
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