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Recent Examples of leer
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Male passersby leer at female guests roaming the streets around the hotel.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 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
At the wedding, all of the couple’s guests morph into Sheeran, who leers at the horrified actor.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Male passersby leer at female guests roaming the streets around the hotel.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 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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Grant kisses his mother’s cheek at her door while Evelyn locks eyes with Rose, giving her a threatening stare.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Some feminists saw that as presumption, skipping the long price of admission—slights, salaries, stares.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The audience is free to ogle beefcake, but Cope doesn’t get any action.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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At Cameron’s Pub, patrons can ogle what’s reportedly the largest pumpkin sculpture in the world — a 5-ton monstrosity that would squash James’ Giant Peach.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Others slammed it for catering to the male gaze and taking inspiration from Brooke Shields' controversial 1980 denim campaign.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Eyes not on the sides of their heads, and a quick, macular gaze that isn’t like other animals’.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The White House recently signaled a new security initiative with Qatar, and Riyadh is understood to be eyeing a similar framework with Washington.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Top banks from Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and South Africa are among the newly arrived or expanding institutions over the past 18 months as their leaders eye a market that still produces higher than average banking profits.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Caesar and Coca were soon joined on the show by the diminutive Howard Morris, whom Caesar could hoist from the ground and glare at face to face, and by Carl Reiner, tall like Caesar but as happy as Sid was miserable—the ideal second banana.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Despite the glare, the family had smiles on their faces, with Diana lovingly holding Harry's hand.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 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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Preparing for Thanksgiving means adhering to a schedule that seems deceivingly simple at first glance, but instead can harbor sneaky disasters at every turn.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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Taltos First introduced in 1990's The Witching Hour and given prime focus in Taltos four years later, the taltos are a species that, on first glance, look human, but are usually taller, thinner, and have bones mostly made of cartilage.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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