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Recent Examples of leer
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
Throughout the show, Redmayne leers at the crowd from the edge of the stage and slinks around tables of dining guests.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2024
The work that fetched the highest price of the night was a 1958 painting by Francis Bacon of a leering pope flanked by two owls perched on his throne.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2021
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Noun
Director Sarah Blush and her excellent six-woman ensemble have taken note — even when Williams’s text periodically wavers or thins, Coach Coach remains a delicious showcase for their all-out commitment to every gasp-inducing revelation, ominous leer, and sudden but inevitable betrayal.
—Verb
If this was a decade ago, maybe Charli just enlists the guy from The Dare to be her leering co-star, and the results are fun but uninspiring.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for leer
Noun
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There is a haunting stillness as the prisoners’ hollow stares meet our curious gaze.David Culver, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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The benches and bullpens cleared during that brief altercation, as Volpe and Chisholm both waved Garcia off, and Cole gave him a death stare.Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Beyond simply providing fodder for ogling eyes, the house also offers its own excitement for experts in the form of its architectural plan.Alex Greenberger for ARTNews, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
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Sweetin was also unsettled by Saget, Coulier and Stamos’s elderly characters ogling the adult Kimmy.John Russell, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Professor Zoellner has graciously consented to briefly withdraw his critical gaze from high art and cast an eye for SPIN at pop and rock lyrics.Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Viewers on TikTok were able to see the pet sitting to one side in the back of the moving car, with his gaze firmly held on what was happening outside the window.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to two films about the major U.K. rock band Blur: the documentary blur: To The End and the concert film blur: Live At Wembley Stadium, eyeing both for theatrical release later this year.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Analysts were eyeing Nvidia’s guidance on its Blackwell graphics processor unit, a next-generation artificial intelligence chip that has seen demand from companies such as OpenAI and others building AI data centers.Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
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When Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb blamed the glare for dropping an easy catch, Jones batted back the notion that the stadium was the problem.Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The sun’s glare was a topic of conversation after the Cowboys fell to the Philadelphia Eagles 34-6 at home.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2024
Noun
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That’s two-thirds of its own mass, and 93% of its maximal gape area.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
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But this means a snake’s overall mouth size expands in conjunction with the larger diameter, says researchers, who add this means a 10.2-in gape increases its total area by 40-percent.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
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For recurring events like elections or sports matches, measuring accuracy might seem possible at first glance.Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Every component has its use in basic projects, but this kit does not offer the versatility that might appear at first glance.Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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