leer (at)

as in to make eyes (at)
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way upbraided the man for leering at the young waitress

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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
  • Willems started by getting the consent of new parents to ogle the scalps of their newborns.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
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  • Production originally was eyeing Vince Vaughn before ultimately settling on Ulrich — who’d co-starred with Campbell in The Craft that same year.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Los Angeles hardly made any moves to their team over the offseason and has been eying the upcoming trade deadline as a saving grace.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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  • For me, getting away from my computer and not staring at a screen helps a ton with problem solving and diffuse thinking.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The recovering alcoholic had come dangerously close to relapsing at that same bar on the same night, ordering a drink and staring at it for an hour before leaving without taking a sip.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024

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“Leer (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer%20%28at%29. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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