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4 +7 | thousand yard stare |
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4 | [two] thousand-yard stare |
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4 | thousand mile look |
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thousand yard stare Explanation: although you might want to go with something simpler, like "a faraway look" or gaze perhaps Thousand-yard stare - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Thousand-yard_stare The thousand-yard stare or two-thousand-yard stare is a phrase often used to describe the blank, unfocused gaze of soldiers who have become emotionally detached from the horrors around them. It is also sometimes used more generally to describe the look of dissociation among victims of other types of trauma. |
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