look over
verb
looked over; looking over; looks over
: to inspect or examine especially in a cursory way
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Del Mar lifeguards looks over a capsized boat on the beach Monday, May. 5, 2025, in at Torrey Pines State beach in San Diego, Calif.
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Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
This year for the Met Gala, the SKIMS founder and reality star — who has worn several iconic (and controversial) looks over the years, including wearing Marilyn Monroe's dress and a full-body black Balenciaga dress — turned heads in another eye-catching look.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 6 May 2025
Vladimir Kanevsky looks over his porcelain sculpture of lilacs at the Frick Collection in Manhattan.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Security footage shows Shriner emerging barefoot from her residence with gun in hand and then walking around the backyard, looking over the area.
—Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
This year for the Met Gala, the SKIMS founder and reality star — who has worn several iconic (and controversial) looks over the years, including wearing Marilyn Monroe's dress and a full-body black Balenciaga dress — turned heads in another eye-catching look.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 6 May 2025
Vladimir Kanevsky looks over his porcelain sculpture of lilacs at the Frick Collection in Manhattan.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Security footage shows Shriner emerging barefoot from her residence with gun in hand and then walking around the backyard, looking over the area.
—Elizabeth Stanton, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Look over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20over. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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