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Recent Examples of leer
Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
Harrelson brandishes that anything-goes leer that never gets old.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2025
Set in 2023, one year after the events of The Purge, the sequel thrusts audiences into the streets of Los Angeles, where masked sickos string up the dead and leering elites auction off the poor to the highest bidder.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Marching in circles adjacent to the rat’s toothy leer have been staff members of the WGA West, who launched a strike on Feb. 17 in protest of union management allegedly breaking labor law.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
Harrelson brandishes that anything-goes leer that never gets old.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
From the banquet hall that serves as a setting for a dramatic multi-generational birthday dinner, to the corner store where older sister I-Ann rolls betel nut products for leering male clientele, to the kindergarten where I-Jing goes to school, Tsou sourced sets from personal memory and experience.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2025
Set in 2023, one year after the events of The Purge, the sequel thrusts audiences into the streets of Los Angeles, where masked sickos string up the dead and leering elites auction off the poor to the highest bidder.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leer
Noun
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At the office The stare doesn’t stop at the service counter.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Still as feisty as UConn baseball fans might remember him, the original AK touched 98 MPH and had a stare-down with Jac Caglianone after a hit by pitch.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Rue takes to this teaching like the Torah, ogling the girls grinding for bills with a fervor that mimics that of a religious revelation.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Visitors who arrive at the parking lots near the amphitheater, museum or visitor center can walk across the White River Pedestrian bridge and turn to the south to ogle at the blossoms.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The media company behind such iconic TV characters as Don Draper, Rick Grimes and Walter White wants advertisers to give a stronger gaze at first looks.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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Relax your gaze, Magic Eye style, and move quietly.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Microsoft still retains its equity stake in OpenAI’s for-profit company, as that company eyes a possible IPO later this year.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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In 2027, the space agency is eyeing up to 30 more uncrewed landings.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This provided a comfort blanket and a lead that Chelsea and Liverpool, unable to shift the glare of scrutiny away from themselves, couldn’t replicate.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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But noise, as well as glare, are typically buffered with vegetative landscaping and setbacks, or the distance between the property line and the nearest structure.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Doors gape, the family’s possessions are exposed to the weather, and humans are absent.—
Ben Davis,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Give someone these Santa Maria Novella Melograno Bath Salts, tell them the history, and watch as their mouths gape in surprise.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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At first glance, this appears to be a standard coffee table with a sleek, mid-century modern design.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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Henson, who does a lot with a character that doesn’t monopolize the spotlight, touches little Zonia’s hair or steals a subtle glance at her now and then.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Leer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leer. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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