"Nancy Reagan gaze" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Nancy Reagan gazes [plural]
Etymology: From the attentive look Nancy Reagan was noted for fixing on her husband, Ronald Reagan, U.S. President from 1981 to 1989, when he made public appearances. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Nancy Reagan gaze}} Nancy Reagan gaze (plural Nancy Reagan gazes)
  1. A transfixed look upon a person taken as showing absolute devotion or affection. Categories (topical): Facial expressions, Ronald Reagan

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          "ref": "1989, Margaret Carlson, \"I'M Nobody, Who Are You?\", Time, May 8, 1989, ISSN 0040-781X",
          "text": "Pat Nixon held the title for most stoic [Washington] wife until Maureen Dean gave an Oscar-winning performance during her husband's Watergate testimony, sitting primly behind him, blond hair pulled back, holding the Nancy Reagan gaze before there was a Nancy Reagan gaze."
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          "ref": "1992, Laureen Hobbs, \"The Industry & The Webs\", Spy, December 1992/January 1993 p. 18 ISSN 0890-1759",
          "text": "Peter Chernin, the head Fox TV programmer, … will titularly replace Roth and serve as Murdoch's malleable functionary. He looks at his boss with a sort of adoring Nancy Reagan gaze."
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          "ref": "2011 February 12, Miriam Lord, “Hard to keep up the Nancy Reagan gaze when a rugby hero undresses”, in The Irish Times",
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