The Indian-looking guy stared back at him fixedly: A station, he replied.

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He began to panic and stared up at his sickly house, which loomed over him, leprous and crippled.

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Schuringa said the man just stared at him, but did not let go of whatever he was holding onto.

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She looked up while he still watched, his curiosity beyond restraint, and her eyes stared back at him, but she did not avert her gaze.

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As a child he felt so self-conscious he was afraid to go to a public swimming pool in case other people stared at him.

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During its construction, with its windows not yet fully installed, he stared at the edifice and saw what looked like a gaping whale, an image that gave him an admiring chuckle.

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