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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leering (at)
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The focus right now is on international expansion, and the company is eyeing real estate in Paris.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025 -
Democrats are eyeing a special election in a traditionally conservative Tennessee House district as a potential flip opportunity following their victories in races across the country last week.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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A lot of these schools are staring at declining enrollments, so money is tight on college campuses.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Leering (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leering%20%28at%29. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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