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Verb
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Nearly 20 people in their 30s stared at their cellphones for a few minutes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Immigration officers wearing bulky green vests sat inside the vehicle and stared at Elmer and the Hispanic men standing with him.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
15 Apr. 2026
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Dixie asks Buck, having previously ogled the shirtless firefighter during the Firefighter Games.—
Patrick Gomez,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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Later, Ingram starts crying, and he’s ogled by the other child patients.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
29 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Its leaders have eyed the narrow waterways like the Strait of Malacca through which this fuel flows as potential chokepoints if a future adversary wanted to strangle Beijing’s supply.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Copper edged lower as traders eyed the prospect of peace negotiations between the US and Iran.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Leered (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leered%20%28at%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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