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Recent Examples of leer
Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Harrelson brandishes that anything-goes leer that never gets old.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2025
At a Black Bear party, gotcha reporters and leering industry types jockey to meet her.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Hobert standing grinning for the camera while a menacing clown leers through a window behind her.
—Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Harrelson brandishes that anything-goes leer that never gets old.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
Set in 2023, one year after the events of The Purge, the sequel thrusts audiences into the streets of Los Angeles, where masked sickos string up the dead and leering elites auction off the poor to the highest bidder.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2025
At a Black Bear party, gotcha reporters and leering industry types jockey to meet her.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leer
Noun
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What followed was a wide-eyed stare into the wrong camera that, once the crew found the right angle, devolved into an unsettling mog.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026
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Jokic’s death stare was an instant classic.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Visitors who arrive at the parking lots near the amphitheater, museum or visitor center can walk across the White River Pedestrian bridge and turn to the south to ogle at the blossoms.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
25 Mar. 2026
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Paging through seed catalogs and ogling rare varieties might become your new favorite pastime.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Others said the ad was regressive, highlighting a blonde bombshell and catering to the objectifying male gaze.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Monica Lewinsky, dark hair cascading to her waist, meets my gaze.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This puts the company in direct competition with SpaceX’s growing Starlink Mobile service, which is already available through T-Mobile and is also eyeing more partnerships.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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The United States and Iran both eye the strait – a choke point through which 20% of the world’s oil passes – very differently.—
Elizabeth Mendenhall,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Water, in every shade, shows up again and again — soft pink mornings, harsh midday glare, sunsets that bleed into the horizon.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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The key window is April 10-20, when the comet is brightening but not yet too deeply embedded in the sun's glare.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Give someone these Santa Maria Novella Melograno Bath Salts, tell them the history, and watch as their mouths gape in surprise.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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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
Noun
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At first glance, fishing and brokerage seem worlds apart.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
18 Apr. 2026
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At first glance, this appears to contradict Theory of Relativity, which establishes the speed of light as the ultimate cosmic speed limit.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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