as in stared
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way
I do wish you two would stop ogling each other during class
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Recent Examples of ogled
Travellers flying in or out of the hub ogled the spectacle, a display of sudden corporate collapse.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Dixie asks Buck, having previously ogled the shirtless firefighter during the Firefighter Games.
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Patrick Gomez,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
Princess Diana, Oprah, and Gwyneth Paltrow have all ogled the traditional Indian craftsmanship blended with contemporary design.
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Gayatri Shah,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Dixie asks Buck, having previously ogled the shirtless firefighter during the Firefighter Games.
—
Patrick Gomez,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
Princess Diana, Oprah, and Gwyneth Paltrow have all ogled the traditional Indian craftsmanship blended with contemporary design.
—
Gayatri Shah,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ogled
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Greenberg tried his best to ignore an irritating ankle injury that had plagued him the last couple of weeks and grimaced under the hazy sunlight as the pitcher, probably 20 or more years his junior, stared him down.
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In La Guaira, Cristian Carreño stared at his charred apartment building tilting precariously to one side.
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Several Republican lawmakers whose districts were eyed as potential sites for the warehouses opposed the projects, often saying the warehouses should be used for commercial purposes not immigration detention.
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Olivia Cooke’s Alicent, Emma D’Arcy’s Rhaenyra, Matt Smith’s Daemon Targaryen, Steve Toussaint’s Corlys and more have are back on the small screen as King’s Landing is eyed for takeover.
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Locals complained tourist gawked at them or traipsed through their yards.
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Onlookers gawked from the balconies of nearby condo towers.
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Near 18th and Grand on the second double-decker Orange Bus during the mind-boggling Oranje Fanwalk on Thursday, KC2026 CEO Pam Kramer gazed back — and realized there somehow were as many people behind them as before them.
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En route from the airport, his mother gazed out of the window, apparently rapt by these strange surroundings.
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Syl’s daughter, GiGi, her first-born, peered through the living room window, which looked out onto their small front lawn.
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Science luminaries including Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble and Carl Sagan once peered through the vintage telescopes housed in the domed observatory towers.
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