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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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Netflix is once again hosting a showcase of up-and-coming comedians for its annual Netflix Is a Joke Festival.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
18 Apr. 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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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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The View costars Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar will soon share a stage of an entirely different sort: Goldberg will appear for one performance only with Behar in the latter’s Off Broadway comedic play My First Ex-Husband.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Expect fashion on the agenda too, with Cruise’s costars Vanessa Kirby, who attended Sarah Burton’s debut runway show for Givenchy in March, and Hayley Atwell.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Scene-stealer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scene-stealer. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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