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Recent Examples of leer
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
When the band blows up amid tragedy, Zoe shoves her once-starry persona aside and embraces suburban life with a well-meaning husband and his creepy son, who leers at Cherry.
—Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
Courtney’s performance works best in leering psycho mode, less so when Tucker is bloviating philosophically — but that’s the fault of the script.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
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Noun
Male passersby leer at female guests roaming the streets around the hotel.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
When the band blows up amid tragedy, Zoe shoves her once-starry persona aside and embraces suburban life with a well-meaning husband and his creepy son, who leers at Cherry.
—Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
But Trump and Epstein’s association has been out in the open for nearly a quarter century; nineties-era footage of the gruesome twosome together at Mar-a-Lago, leering at a group of young cheerleaders, has been circulating since at least 2019.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
Courtney’s performance works best in leering psycho mode, less so when Tucker is bloviating philosophically — but that’s the fault of the script.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leer
Noun
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One coyote turned around and showed me its teeth and a death stare.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Coel, the boundary-pushing revelation from I May Destroy You, is a perfect foil, hiding Lori’s feelings behind her deadpan delivery, unblinking sphinx-like stare and wary body language but poised to shoot barbs when the moment calls for them.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Customers periodically come in and ogle our nearly 10-man group, with one younger man — and surprisingly, an older chef — coming to our table to laud Gibbs.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
6 Sep. 2025
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For Boyd, these giant diamonds are also more visible today, thanks to the advent of social media platforms like Instagram, where they can be posted for the world to ogle.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But the truth is, this gentle giant is hoping his gaze will be the thing that finally catches the right family's attention.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Where And When To Look Step outside after sunset on any clear night this September and turn your gaze toward the north-northwest horizon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The bank is eyeing SouthPark to build its first branch.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Sep. 2025
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With so much fashion existing online, there’s something refreshing about trying pieces on in-store after eyeing them first on a little screen.—
Libby Page,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Sidewalk glare to in-office fluorescents are no match for this mineral SPF 30 that delivers with a Swiss clock’s precision.—
Tanya Akim,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Apple has applied an anti-reflective coating to ward off glare to all of the new iPhones, while the S25 Ultra is the only S25 with that feature.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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Rattle the bars with his scream and swallow me into the black of his gape.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Gomez may appear to be wearing a completely naked nail at a first glance, but her polish choice is actually quite intentional.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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One glance at the number of women running sub-11s for 100m each season proves Asher-Smith’s point.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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