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leering

[leer-ing] / ˈlɪər ɪŋ /


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Raoul Leering, head of international trade at Dutch-based ING Economics, doesn’t see the U.S.-China trade fight being resolved in Argentina.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2018

Leering male patrons, such as the top-hatted gents in so many of Degas’s ballet paintings, haunted the Paris Opera Ballet’s hallways.

From Washington Post

Leering down from billboards, other ads warned him that if he did buy nylon tires, his car would start shaking him up like a concrete mixer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Panama, R. P. Leering Sirs: Besides being a "relentless careerist," Mrs. Moody was one of those rare persons in the sports world who never permitted the newspapers to make a fool of her.

From Time Magazine Archive

Leering, he showed it to Crabbe and Goyle, and Harry realized that he’d got Riddle’s diary.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling



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