To replace 'watched' in the sentence, 'gazed at' is the best option.
The best option to replace the verb 'watched' in the sentence 'Kimo watched the waves, hoping to see the whale breach again' is 'gazed at.' When we replace 'watched' with 'gazed at,' the sentence still conveys the idea of looking at something attentively.
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