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Recent Examples of leer
Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025
At the wedding, all of the couple’s guests morph into Sheeran, who leers at the horrified actor.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
Courtney’s performance works best in leering psycho mode, less so when Tucker is bloviating philosophically — but that’s the fault of the script.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
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Noun
Boomer men turn their necks and leer brazenly, but another contingent is harder to notice at first.
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But Trump and Epstein’s association has been out in the open for nearly a quarter century; nineties-era footage of the gruesome twosome together at Mar-a-Lago, leering at a group of young cheerleaders, has been circulating since at least 2019.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for leer
Noun
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Salerno claims her team was disqualified from the following meet, and then began to face intimidating stares from the trans athlete at public events.—
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But, if dressed in modern attire, this prehistoric relative may not have drawn too many stares on a subway train.—
Verb
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While estates like Villa & Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild are something to ogle at, the nature here is the true attraction.—
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Ice skating and walking through neighborhoods to ogle at festive lights are quintessential parts of the holidays.—
Noun
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In a city with a constant gaze towards progress, The Milestone seemed like yet another relic left behind.—
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Too thick of a mascara coat, and suddenly my gaze droops.—
Verb
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That’s important following the news that Argentina reportedly is eying Kansas City for its base camp.—
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But this session will be Polis’ last, and union groups — who have shelved plans to launch a pro-worker ballot campaign — are now starting to eye the governor’s would-be replacements.—
Noun
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Robitaille quickly picks her up, shooting a glare at her husband as their daughter begins to cry.—
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The glare from the sun had been reflecting in the lenses and distracting Smith.—
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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.—
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Rattle the bars with his scream and swallow me into the black of his gape.—
Noun
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Preparing for Thanksgiving means adhering to a schedule that seems deceivingly simple at first glance, but instead can harbor sneaky disasters at every turn.—
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Taltos First introduced in 1990's The Witching Hour and given prime focus in Taltos four years later, the taltos are a species that, on first glance, look human, but are usually taller, thinner, and have bones mostly made of cartilage.—
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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