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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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On Sunday, the five-time major champion responded to his opening double to still shoot under par on the first nine.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Guardians outfielder Angel Martinez hit a ground-rule double in the eighth inning off Royals reliever Sam Long to secure the victory.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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Even so, the main role of the walk-ons at Florida is to prepare the rotation players for their next opponent.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
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Purdue put walk-on offensive lineman Ethan Trent, younger brother of the late Boilermakers superfan Tyler Trent, on scholarship.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Trump sued Maher in 2013 for $5 million after the comedian made a crass joke about his mother and an orangutan.—
Steff Danielle Thomas,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2025
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On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian took a swipe at the Disney live-action adaptation after Lebanon banned the movie over Israeli star Gal Gadot, who is on the country’s boycott list.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
18 Apr. 2025
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Gotta love it, in a league with its share of fair weather, prima donna stars.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Gothic gargoyles appeared, lights dimmed, and the crowd chanted the prima donna’s name at the desert operahouse.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
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His understudy — once booed as his replacement — stole the spotlight.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Whenever Alvarez returns, Senger is virtually certain to be returned to the minor leagues, with Torrens resuming his former role as understudy for the slugging starter.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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After Trachtenberg’s death was confirmed by the NYPD, many of her former costars reacted to the news of her death, including Blake Lively, Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Their attendance comes just days after costar Sadie Sink, who is currently performing across the street in the new play John Proctor Is the Villain, also made a visit to the production.—
Emlyn Travis,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Scene-stealer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scene-stealer. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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