An astronaut, in the most proverbial floating-through-space sense, is a brave man who has the world gawking at him.

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At one Serb checkpoint, soldiers milled around, gawking at the American armor.

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Tired of watching speeches, enjoying cocktails or gawking at movie stars?

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Why don't journalists spend as much time inquiring into the lives of the billion poorest people on Earth as they do gawking at the fortunes of the thousand richest?

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If you go the the Consumer Electronics Show and spend all your time gawking at the giant televisions and checking out the new mobile phones and tablets, you are missing the best part.

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It was the first time since the original Nintendo Entertainment System came out in 1985 that videogaming felt like a party experience--not just because it was new, and worth gawking at, but because the experience is so much more physical, like Charades or Twister, and spectators can enjoy as much as the players.

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How long did it take them to go from gawking ignorantly at the machine to surfing the Web and finding sites they liked?

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You'll be gawking for at least a few hours.

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You may excuse your gawking as akin to staring at a train wreck, but to Sheen you are indecipherable from his true fans.

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