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Recent Examples of leering
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Were crude, leering, blunt; low-dive, bump-and-grind, tits-and-ass toilets.
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Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
At the gym, located in Garden Grove, Hansen says they were met with unwelcoming and leering stares before entering the facility.
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Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Were crude, leering, blunt; low-dive, bump-and-grind, tits-and-ass toilets.
—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leering
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Some artists have eras, experimental phases, detours, creative dalliances; Arthur Russell’s career, for all its seeming contradictions—classical minimalism and lascivious disco, Zen Buddhist mantras and winsome country pop—was a continuum.
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On Thursday, Riemer pleaded guilty to two counts of lewd or lascivious exhibition.
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Fueled up after a good breakfast, there’s nothing more NorCal than wandering around a farmers market and ogling the seasonal produce.
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In a viral clip on X from a fan account for Criss, 39, the Glee alum can be seen ogling Peters on the red carpet of the 79th annual Tony Awards on June 7.
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What if the creature from John Carpenter’s The Thing had a prurient interest in one of the researchers?
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If minors are sent nude or otherwise prurient photos, the images are blurred.
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Margera tried to soothe the pain by submerging his fresh brand in a tub of filthy farm water, which resulted in a life-threatening staph infection that landed him in the hospital.
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Outside the Lineage warehouse Thursday morning, the smell of heavy smoke was already being replaced with that of spoiling food and filthy water.
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Counterculture Yippies would turn up at a 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears show at Madison Square Garden, carrying obscene banners outside and dumping manure by the front gate.
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Yippies would turn up at a 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears show at Madison Square Garden, carrying obscene banners outside and dumping manure by the front gate.
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Morris pleaded guilty in October last year in Oklahoma to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child.
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Varley, a teacher, was also found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm; four counts of cruelty to a person under 16; ten counts of taking indecent images of a child; two counts of possessing indecent images of a child; and one count of distributing an indecent image of a child.
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Gibson asked for pornographic images of the minor, and sent photos of himself, according to court documents.
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While Washington drags its feet, kids across the nation are being exposed to vile, pornographic images and ads with no meaningful safeguards to prevent it.
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While Edwards has taken strides as a leader, the Wolves said goodbye to Mike Conley, Kyle Anderson and Joe Ingles this offseason, three of their most important locker-room voices.
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Upon opening the package, the fragrances don't announce themselves with the hyper-masculine aggression of a locker-room body spray.
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“Leering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leering. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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