peer ahead
Frequency: 4.02.9 per million words
to look carefully or with difficulty at something in front of you
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Examples (10)
- The sailor peered ahead into the thick fog, trying to spot the lighthouse.
- Using binoculars, he peered ahead at the distant mountain range.
- She squinted and peered ahead, trying to read the road sign through the heavy rain.
- The company's CEO tried to peer ahead and anticipate market trends.
- From the hilltop, we could peer ahead for miles across the valley.
- As a strategist, it's my job to peer ahead into the next five years.
- The driver had to peer ahead constantly on the dark, winding road.
- It's often difficult to peer ahead and know what decisions to make.
- The anxious cat would sit at the window and peer ahead down the street, waiting for its owner.
- We stood on the ship's bow, peering ahead at the approaching storm.