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leered (at)

verb

past tense of leer (at)

as in made eyes (at)

to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way upbraided the man for leering at the young waitress

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As Draper sat at the side of the court for the change of ends and stared at the floor, tears began to flow.

— The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Rebecca’s hands stilled, and the girl stared at her grandmother, wide-eyed.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

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Because every bottle of whiskey available at Jack Rose can be ordered, and is priced to be sampled, rather than ogled, the whiskey list at Jack Rose is ever changing.

— Don Tse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Travellers flying in or out of the hub ogled the spectacle, a display of sudden corporate collapse.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026

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Overall, the WRs, a group being eyed with suspicion, haven’t distinguished themselves in camp.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Consolidation at this scale, the states contend, would hand one company a share of American screens that antitrust law has eyed with suspicion for six decades, and the damage would reach far beyond the box office.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

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