look on
verb
looked on; looking on; looks on
: watch sense 3b
looked on anxiously from the sidelines
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Reed walks out of the courtroom with a smarmy look on his face.
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
As a postgame skirmish broke out on the field, cameras caught Day looking on, unmoving, as if in a daze.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
President Jimmy Carter takes the oath of office from Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Warren Burger, as wife Rosalynn Carter look on, Jan. 20, 1977.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
Democrat Jimmy Carter is sworn in by chief justice Earl Burger as the 39th president of the United States while first lady Rosalynn looks on, Washington DC, January 20, 1977.
—Marty Steinberg, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
As a postgame skirmish broke out on the field, cameras caught Day looking on, unmoving, as if in a daze.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
President Jimmy Carter takes the oath of office from Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Warren Burger, as wife Rosalynn Carter look on, Jan. 20, 1977.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
Democrat Jimmy Carter is sworn in by chief justice Earl Burger as the 39th president of the United States while first lady Rosalynn looks on, Washington DC, January 20, 1977.
—Marty Steinberg, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Look on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20on. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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