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With some side-eye

Ross

I believe the answer is:

askance

(Other definitions for askance that I've seen before include "In suspicious manner" , "Look like this to show suspicion" , "Look thus to regard with distrust" , "Indirectly" , "Look this way in doubt or suspicion" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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