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Recent Examples of scene-stealer
The best exchanges in this series created by Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz and Elaine Ko involve the players — their demands, their problems, even their families (especially a mom played by hysterical scene-stealer Nicole Sullivan).
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
But Trachtenberg made Georgina a charismatic scene-stealer with her magnetic cruelty.
—Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
And that obvious interpretation is correct, but still points to something less obvious: in visual art, red is a wonderful scene-stealer but rarely the scene.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Always a scene-stealer, Posey has been racking up choice film and TV roles recently.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
But Trachtenberg made Georgina a charismatic scene-stealer with her magnetic cruelty.
—Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
And that obvious interpretation is correct, but still points to something less obvious: in visual art, red is a wonderful scene-stealer but rarely the scene.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Always a scene-stealer, Posey has been racking up choice film and TV roles recently.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scene-stealer
Noun
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End 8th Inning Bobby Boser singled and Landon Stripling followed with a 1-out double against Aiden Jimenez.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
26 Apr. 2025
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The scoring got going in the second inning, with Jon Berti hitting an RBI double.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Then, Kansas could add a walk-on from last season or perhaps Mayo returns to KU.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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Roster limits could signal the end of the walk-on athlete in college sports and, as Utah freshman swimmer Gannon Flynn noted in his testimony as an objector, also imperil smaller sports programs that feed the U.S. Olympic teams.—
Eric Olson,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trump sued Maher in 2013 for $5 million after the comedian made a crass joke about his mother and an orangutan.—
Steff Danielle Thomas,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2025
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On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian took a swipe at the Disney live-action adaptation after Lebanon banned the movie over Israeli star Gal Gadot, who is on the country’s boycott list.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
18 Apr. 2025
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Gothic gargoyles appeared, lights dimmed, and the crowd chanted the prima donna’s name at the desert operahouse.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
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Gotta love it, in a league with its share of fair weather, prima donna stars.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Dewhurst was, at that point, a venerable stage star with six Tony nominations and two wins, and Reiley was a young journeyman actor who was often hired for the chorus or as an understudy.—
Mark Harris,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2025
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Sorkin hired Whitford as an understudy and eventually gave him the lead when the show moved over to the Music Box.—
Trish Deitch,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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After Trachtenberg’s death was confirmed by the NYPD, many of her former costars reacted to the news of her death, including Blake Lively, Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Their attendance comes just days after costar Sadie Sink, who is currently performing across the street in the new play John Proctor Is the Villain, also made a visit to the production.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Scene-stealer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scene-stealer. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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