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  • noun Plural form of staredown.

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Examples

  • Criminal Minds picked up on with geek-on-geek staredowns between Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) and Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler).

    Alynda Wheat's Beat Cop: A moment of silence for 'Southland' | EW.com 2009

  • Although he usually feeds off controversy — angering three opponents with his on-court shouts and staredowns on his way to the final — Hewitt unraveled as Safin raised his game.

    USATODAY.com - Safin unhinges Hewitt to deny Aussie Open a native champ 2005

  • The Lakers never seriously threatened to catch Minnesota after falling behind by double digits early in the fourth quarter of the game, but several players ended up in staredowns or mild shoving matches with the Timberwolves.

    USATODAY.com - Malone, Lakers not afraid to mix it up with Wolves 2004

  • Male competition happens even when there are no women around — think about the locker-room fights and staredowns of schoolboys, or of competitions in strongly male subcultures like hacking and tagging.

    Love the “lesbian feminist witchcraft’ slander 2005

  • One of those second-chance staredowns came Tuesday night against Pacific Lutheran - and Ludwig was more than ready.

    The News Tribune Blogs 2010

  • Although, when you're coming off back-to-back staredowns with Cro Cop and Kongo, the prospect of a fight with a Gracie with just three pro bouts can, in comparison, seem like - shock, horror - a walk in the park.

    UFC Press Releases 2010

  • Check out this great video and picture collection of some of the greatest MMA staredowns of all time.mmaweekly. com 36 hours ago - 2003 NCAA Division 1 National Champion, Eric Larkin, will be making the move from wrestling to mixed martial arts in 2010, and has signed on with a manager while training for his debut fight .... mmaweekly. com 4 days ago - The latest MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings were released on Wednesday,

    BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs 2010

  • One of those second-chance staredowns came Tuesday night against Pacific Lutheran - and Ludwig was more than ready.

    The News Tribune Blogs 2010

  • And not just any slogans-these are guaranteed to be even more menacing than face-to-face staredowns.

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 2010

  • But was it the staredowns, the loosening of his wrists before a fight?

    UFC Press Releases 2010

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