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Recent Examples of ogle
Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Later, Ingram starts crying, and he’s ogled by the other child patients.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
Maybe not the happiest scene, but the gallery itself is always filled with ogle-worthy art, and is free to enter at 508 W. 26th St, Tuesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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Verb
The South is filled with gorgeous locations like autumn in the Smoky Mountains, leafy drives in the Shenandoahs, the Garden District in New Orleans, ogling the stars in the Texas llano, sunrise in the Florida Keys, or watching the fireflies in Congaree National Park.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Later, Ingram starts crying, and he’s ogled by the other child patients.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
Noun
Through an unblinking black eyeball, a 20-foot-high scarlet octopus ogles my lunch.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
Maybe not the happiest scene, but the gallery itself is always filled with ogle-worthy art, and is free to enter at 508 W. 26th St, Tuesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogle
Verb
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In the photo the beleaguered president is pinned against the elevator’s back wall, shoulders hunched, arms crossed, eyes staring downward.—
Steven Levingston,
Vanity Fair,
23 Feb. 2026
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Travellers sat slumped staring at phones or snoozed under their coats.—
Mary Gaitskill,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Stoic, steady under pressure, and with an unflinching gaze that does most of the talking for him, Chris has no patience for hypocrisy or cruelty and holds fast to a quiet moral code rooted in fairness and restraint.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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Baldwin refused to play this role for white, heterosexual society and instead turned his critical gaze back on white heterosexuals, forcing them to look in the mirror.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Sobrato is eyeing the development of 74 condominiums on at least part of the property, Palo Alto planning documents show.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Nowadays, on Sunday mornings on the trail, Talarico often attends a local church and strolls around happily, eying the pulpit like a home buyer trying a listing on for size.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hobert standing grinning for the camera while a menacing clown leers through a window behind her.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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Harrelson brandishes that anything-goes leer that never gets old.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Luckily for me, the Brentwood class wasn’t too packed, so there weren’t too many fellow exercisers there to gawk at my unorthodox choice of attire.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2026
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On a typical day, the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Scottsdale reverberates with animal cries and the footfalls of gawking visitors.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Give someone these Santa Maria Novella Melograno Bath Salts, tell them the history, and watch as their mouths gape in surprise.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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At times, the actor feels more like a design element, akin to the marble coffins and gape-mouthed friezes of this gothic world.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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A little peek into their potential could be seen Saturday against Great Oak.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Primary Suite A peek into the cozy, rustic primary suite reveals soft natural light, matte-black fixtures, and carved wooden accents throughout.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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If glare is a concern, opt for textured works, canvases, or three-dimensional pieces instead.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
23 Feb. 2026
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As for your current car and the issue with headlight glare try this.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Ogle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogle. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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