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Verb
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Dixie asks Buck, having previously ogled the shirtless firefighter during the Firefighter Games.—
Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Mar. 2026
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Later, Ingram starts crying, and he’s ogled by the other child patients.— Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
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Tubi Made 11 years before Life and Death, Broomfield’s first documentary on Aileen Wuornos captures the media circus surrounding America’s most famous female serial killer — including the bizarre story of a religious fanatic who fixated on and even attempted to adopt her.— Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
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Lately, Abbie Nakomma, a financial advisor, has been fixated on his own finances.— David Wade, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Its leaders have eyed the narrow waterways like the Strait of Malacca through which this fuel flows as potential chokepoints if a future adversary wanted to strangle Beijing’s supply.— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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Copper edged lower as traders eyed the prospect of peace negotiations between the US and Iran.— Bloomberg News, Bloomberg, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Leered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/leered. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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