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Recent Examples of leering
Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Were crude, leering, blunt; low-dive, bump-and-grind, tits-and-ass toilets.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
At the gym, located in Garden Grove, Hansen says they were met with unwelcoming and leering stares before entering the facility.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Were crude, leering, blunt; low-dive, bump-and-grind, tits-and-ass toilets.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leering
Adjective
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On Thursday, Billings was charged with an offense against a student by an authority figure and lewd and lascivious touching of certain minors.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Basil Billings, 62, of Margate, was booked into the Broward Main Jail on one count of offense against a student by an authority figure and one count of lewd or lascivious touching of a minor between 16 and 17 years old, jail records show.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 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
Adjective
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If minors are sent nude or otherwise prurient photos, the images are blurred.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Space exploration is a symbol of science at its most sophisticated, but the subject has always elicited a few prurient chuckles among civilians about what day-to-day life must really be like for the astronauts.—
Michael Tedder,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The president had complained about filthy water and a leaking foundation, according to previous USA TODAY reporting.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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And some of the best evidence of the lovebugs’ comeback came last week at the Turkey Lake Service Plaza on Florida’s Turnpike, where filthy, splattered cars and trucks queued up before the plaza’s automatic windshield washer.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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That’s enough to send Tom over the edge, screaming at his boss about how his obscene hobby doesn’t give him any idea what war is really like.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
24 May 2026
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Russian authorities continue to pay obscene sums for those willing to sign up.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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Étienne, however, never forgets his first tussle in the woods with Bartosz (Julian Swiezewski), a Polish trucker who saves his lover’s skin when the cops show up to arrest them and other men for indecent behavior.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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The post garnered nearly 200 comments, mostly calling the meme vulgar and indecent.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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There is plenty of pornographic decoration in contemporary popular culture, but very little of it is consequential.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Authorities alleged that their tactics included intimidating the women, placing them under constant surveillance and forcing them to perform pornographic acts that were then shared on social media.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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In Sabalenka’s hands, the bag read less like a locker-room carryall and more like a direct extension of tunnel dressing, now moved past the tunnel and onto the playing surface.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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Simmons, Gordon said, helped keep that passion burning through simple words and simple locker-room games of UNO.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Leering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leering. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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