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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modernist thrill of watching strangers on the crowded subway has been eroded, but those strange leers have also been replaced by actual fellowship on group text chats.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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The deep fields were Hubble's most intense stares into the universe, revealing the faintest galaxies at the highest redshifts that Hubble could see, galaxies that existed over 13 billion years ago and whose light has been traveling for all that time.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Most of the viral skits portray the stare in customer service interactions, where a Gen Z cashier or customer responds with a blank, wordless stare where small talk would usually fill the void, sometimes as a result of a senseless questions.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
Verb
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Ahead, get a peek into The Devil Wears Prada 2, ogle the fashion to come, and try to guess what the plot might be with these shots of the stars around town. Hathaway, reprising her role as journalist Andy Sachs, exhibited her character's continued style iconhood in one of the first photos from set.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Described as a mini or micro version of the more familiar annual vinca, Soiree Kawaii flowers have a most delicate look and are ideal for closeup ogling in containers and hanging baskets.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
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In Competition Tender Claws’ Face Jumping, uses eye-tracking on the Meta Quest Pro to let participants swap perspectives with what looked like ghosts, by locking gazes with them.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 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,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That ancient proverb captures the mindset of a new wave of American investors eyeing the Middle East not as a geopolitical question mark, but as a global growth engine.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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With Arch at the helm, Longhorn fans are eyeing a national championship.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Anyone who has watched Pivetta stalk and stomp and gesticulate and glare and snap his glove to catch a throw from the catcher after a bad call and shout after an inning-ending out can easily surmise how much Pivetta’s intensity is part of his game.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Each railcar includes access to open-air vestibules, giving guests a chance to breathe in fresh air and snap postcard-perfect photos without obstruction or glare.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
31 July 2025
Noun
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This summer’s big trip to Greece, for example, was preceded by a two-day escape to Venice, Italy, so the kids could get a quick taste of the tiramisu and squid ink pasta, as well as gape at the stunning canals and Venetian masks.—
Navdeep Singh Dhillon,
Parents,
29 July 2025
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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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At first glance, an AI agent may sound like a fancy term for automation.—
Eva Nahari,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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At first glance, this might seem like a minor difference — fodder for TikTok skits or Reddit debates, where Americans and Europeans poke fun at each other’s respective abilities to handle summer weather.—
Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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