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Recent Examples of leer
Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
Director Sarah Blush and her excellent six-woman ensemble have taken note — even when Williams’s text periodically wavers or thins, Coach Coach remains a delicious showcase for their all-out commitment to every gasp-inducing revelation, ominous leer, and sudden but inevitable betrayal.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
Realizing that the strange men who leer at Dynevor from almost every corner in the film were in fact processing their brush with a Hollywood A-lister is fascinating to watch.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The impersonal, modernist thrill of watching strangers on the crowded subway has been eroded, but those strange leers have also been replaced by actual fellowship on group text chats.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
Director Sarah Blush and her excellent six-woman ensemble have taken note — even when Williams’s text periodically wavers or thins, Coach Coach remains a delicious showcase for their all-out commitment to every gasp-inducing revelation, ominous leer, and sudden but inevitable betrayal.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Verb
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
Realizing that the strange men who leer at Dynevor from almost every corner in the film were in fact processing their brush with a Hollywood A-lister is fascinating to watch.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leer
Noun
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In response to the question, the user delivers her best Gen Z stare.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
17 July 2025
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Some commenters immediately understood the stare, having seemingly experienced it, while others have dismissed it as an exaggerated phenomenon.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
Verb
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Give everyone a chance to ogle the views by taking turns driving, and don’t miss any opportunity to pull over for the stunning vistas of Banff National Park.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Travel + Leisure,
6 July 2025
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Spending time ogling the toys favored by the ultrawealthy seems — well, a bit gross.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Commentators were quick to criticize the campaign for appealing to the male gaze.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Others are slamming the campaign for catering to the male gaze and taking inspiration from Brooke Shields' controversial 1980 denim campaign.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Prolific doc makers from both sides of the Atlantic are eyeing a doc series on Afrobeats icon Fela Kuti.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 July 2025
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Though the board is expecting a $34.4 million deficit for the next school year, district administrators are eyeing $21.2 million in cuts since the district's financial policy requires it to keep a deficit only as high as $13.2 million to maintain a healthy fund balance, Gearing said.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Jessica Simpson is finding peace, purpose — and her voice again — far away from the glare of Hollywood.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
26 July 2025
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It's been prominent for most of the year and will continue to be visible shortly after sunset for a few months, eventually becoming lost in the sun's glare in late November.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Many bird species young have this gape so the parents can more easily direct food into their mouths.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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For instance, that toothy gape up front is corralled by a goatee of nearly 200 digital light whiskers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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At first glance, their unforced error totals were comparable, too.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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At first glance, the campaign’s flawless, hyper‑symmetrical blond model, sitting with a cup of coffee in one image and leaning against a blue wall in another, looks like all of the other photoshopped ads in glossy publications, treading the line between photorealism and impossible beauty standards.—
Moin Roberts-Islam,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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