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Recent Examples of leer
Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
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.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 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
The impersonal, modernist thrill of watching strangers on the crowded subway has been eroded, but those strange leers have also been replaced by actual fellowship on group text chats.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
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.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
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.
—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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leer
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Clues like stare, arcs and Saran were not. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Eventually, Collette’s rigid, defensive stare gives way to belief while Hoult’s cherubic face hides a weak, secretive nature.Armond White, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
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After hours inside, ogle the matchless architecture of the nearby Palace Museum, stroll the beautiful trails and soak in some glorious views, Chinese ink paintings come to life.Baz Dreisinger, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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If you're stumped for ideas, and budgeting isn't the first thing on your mind, trendsetters will ogle over these fancy gifts that are sure to make this holiday season a holly jolly one at worst.Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Each actor does their best work wordlessly, the fluttering of a throat or a downward gaze speaking volumes.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Finally, Burges felt ready to carry the responsibility of servicing diners through his own unique gaze.Andrew Watman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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The Harry Potter series is likely to not even begin filming until 2026, eyeing a 2027 release date.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Some seemed camera shy, eyeing the person filming to get out of their space, while others sniffed the camera out of curiosity.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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These shades offer 100 percent UV protection and filter the reflective glare of the high-altitude sun reflecting off fresh stashes of powder.Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
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Here, there’s only one second in one montage when, during a performance of Medea, Jolie unleashes a hot glare.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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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
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By Jessica Chapel December 8, 2024 At first glance, New York City might not scream intimacy—reservations get booked up weeks out, open bar stools are snatched up in seconds, and dates squeezed into overpacked schedules.Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2024
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The thoughtfulness about how the pieces might be worn may not be visible at first glance.Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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