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Recent Examples of scene-stealer
Bringing yet more joy to the Globes red carpet were the franchise’s leads, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, naturally, but also scene-stealer Cesily Collette (a.k.a.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Tim Blake Nelson sets the stage beautifully with his opening bit about a singing cowboy, but there are a number of scene-stealers here including Harry Melling, Tom Waits, and Bill Heck.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
Gorgeously textured and frequently very funny—Griffin’s wisecracking younger brother, Oren, is a scene-stealer—the book’s particular portrait of late-20th-century, upper-middle-class adolescence takes a generously wide angle, reveling in all the heady, scuzzy, confusing bits of coming of age.
—Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
The strippers are rock-star parts, gloriously unembarrassed, scene-stealers if ever there were any.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Tim Blake Nelson sets the stage beautifully with his opening bit about a singing cowboy, but there are a number of scene-stealers here including Harry Melling, Tom Waits, and Bill Heck.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
Gorgeously textured and frequently very funny—Griffin’s wisecracking younger brother, Oren, is a scene-stealer—the book’s particular portrait of late-20th-century, upper-middle-class adolescence takes a generously wide angle, reveling in all the heady, scuzzy, confusing bits of coming of age.
—Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
The strippers are rock-star parts, gloriously unembarrassed, scene-stealers if ever there were any.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scene-stealer
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Shortly after Jung Hoo Lee’s season-ending left shoulder injury, Matos went on one of the more electrifying heaters of the entire season and won NL Player of the Week, going 10-for-26 with two homers, three doubles and 16 RBIs in late May.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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His strikeout issue is real, but so is his power, as evidenced by a 14.8% barrel rate and nine homers (and nine doubles) in 45 MLB games last year.—
Jake Ciely,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Shortly after that walk-on tryout, Lee enlisted the help of Bryant Thompson, a high-school coach in Tuscaloosa.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Jayhawks played one of their most dominant games of the season, with the walk-ons entering with around three minutes left.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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In February, it was reported that the former comedian had shut down his addiction and mental health charity in the UK.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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Toward the end of his monologue, the comedian began talking about his love for historical documentaries, specifically Ken Burns’ Civil War special.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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They will be joined on set by members of the Opéra Garnier ballet company including its principal dancer Dorothée Gilbert, who will play the prima donna dancer in the film, Victoire Bellanger.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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His character, Min-ho, initially comes off as a bit of a prima donna.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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The pick at No. 203: WR Ricky White III, UNLV Brown brings speed and experience, but having another speed and deep option at receiver as his understudy would be worthwhile.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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The actress was an understudy for The Sound of Music Live!—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
19 Feb. 2025
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Stan reunited with his costar, Adam Pearson from A Different Man, while Andrew Scott caught up with actor Jay Ellis.—
Paul Chi,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2025
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Bell’s costar Adam Brody was also nominated in his role on the show.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Scene-stealer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scene-stealer. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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