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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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In one scene from the film’s original script, the King of Pop stares at his reflection in the mirror, capturing his sorrowful gaze as police car lights flash behind him.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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To play for Hurley is to understand that taking a play off is not acceptable, that bending over and tugging at your short hems – a sure sign, in Hurley’s estimation, of weakness – will earn you either a death stare or a run up the steps.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 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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Through these photos, Dominique Pelicot is not ‘just’ casting an incestuous gaze on me, as was said during the investigation and the Mazan rapes trial.—
TIME,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
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In one scene from the film’s original script, the King of Pop stares at his reflection in the mirror, capturing his sorrowful gaze as police car lights flash behind him.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has shown interest in a team in London; Qatar Sports Investment, the owners of soccer giant PSG, is eying one in Paris; and RedBird Capital, which owns AC Milan and is an investor in Paramount, wants a team in Milan.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Business leaders look everywhere for inspiration, from eyeing their peers’ successes to tapping industry vets for insight.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Eclipses give solar scientists a rare chance to study the sun's wispy outer atmosphere, or corona, which is usually drowned out by the overwhelming glare of the solar disk.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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With any degree of glare the driving mode indications are difficult to read.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
5 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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The Broncos, then, are in an enviable position but also one that carries perhaps more risk than first glance might suggest.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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Altogether, their collective glance would acknowledge that a fantasy had become a reality for a local kid turned big league coach.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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