leered

verb

past tense of leer
as in ogled

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  1. ogled
  2. fixated
  3. eyed
Verb
  • Travellers flying in or out of the hub ogled the spectacle, a display of sudden corporate collapse.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • Dixie asks Buck, having previously ogled the shirtless firefighter during the Firefighter Games.
    — Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of ogled
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  • For example, a sales team fixated on cold-call conversion works tirelessly to lift that number when the better move may be to retire cold-calling altogether—something the metric can only score as failure.
    — Sophie Ren, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The wave of record-breaking public offerings for AI megacompanies that has Wall Street fixated this week is also buoying energy startups that see a chance to win back investors’ favor after the disappointing climate tech boom of the early 2020s.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of fixated
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  • The village of Tinley Park had also eyed acquiring the property from the state, with ideas to redevelop it for commercial uses.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • And officials suggested that the former Robandee Shopping Center, off Bannister Road in South Kansas City, has also been eyed for receivership.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
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