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Recent Examples of scene-stealer
The best exchanges in this series created by Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz and Elaine Ko involve the players — their demands, their problems, even their families (especially a mom played by hysterical scene-stealer Nicole Sullivan).
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
But Trachtenberg made Georgina a charismatic scene-stealer with her magnetic cruelty.
—Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
And that obvious interpretation is correct, but still points to something less obvious: in visual art, red is a wonderful scene-stealer but rarely the scene.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Always a scene-stealer, Posey has been racking up choice film and TV roles recently.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
But Trachtenberg made Georgina a charismatic scene-stealer with her magnetic cruelty.
—Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
And that obvious interpretation is correct, but still points to something less obvious: in visual art, red is a wonderful scene-stealer but rarely the scene.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Always a scene-stealer, Posey has been racking up choice film and TV roles recently.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scene-stealer
Noun
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Campbell, who rose from High-A to Triple-A last season and made his major league debut on Opening Day, collected his second double of the series and scored Boston’s other run.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2025
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When the Giants tagged Martinez for three runs in the sixth on Jung Hoo Lee’s RBI double and Chapman’s two-run homer, his first of the year, the Giants looked positioned to cruise.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Long after golf season has ended, Cusick will try to earn a roster spot on the Purdue football team as a walk-on.—
Dave Melton,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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For now, walk-on Terrell Walden stands as the No. 5 back.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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Swardson is an actor, producer, screenwriter and stand-up comedian.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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And comedians themselves don’t necessarily consider their profession ideal for fostering a long-lasting romance.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
26 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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Opening night in Orlando saw a pair of understudies in key roles: Paloma D’Auria as Regina and Gino Bloomberg as Aaron — Regina’s ex and the object of Cady’s affection.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2025
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One of Turner’s current understudies, Zack Steffen of MLS side Colorado Rapids, played in the 2021 Nations League finals win against Mexico and in qualifiers for the following year’s World Cup while spending most of his two complete seasons at Manchester City of the Premier League on the bench.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Sony rolled a new trailer of the sequel at CinemaCon, the movie theater trade show that’s currently unfolding at Caesars Palace. Macchio, whose performance in the original film continues to inspire and prove relevant, introduced a few scenes with his next-gen costar Wang.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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The former costars have been embroiled in a legal back-and-forth in the months since, and their trial is scheduled for a year from now on March 9, 2026.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Scene-stealer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scene-stealer. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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