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Recent Examples of peeper
But what did come into clear view on occasion were delicately winged peepers.
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
The most inventive touch: those peepers on his clawed hands, rising to give the monster sight at the exact moment that audiences might decide to block their vision with a defensive palm.
—A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
But battery life is always a worry, glare while outside can be an issue and the digital screens can be fatiguing for the old peepers.
—New Atlas, 12 July 2024
That split-open peeper appears in this season’s ninth episode, during a montage that also features footage from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948), Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), and other famed movies.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
The most inventive touch: those peepers on his clawed hands, rising to give the monster sight at the exact moment that audiences might decide to block their vision with a defensive palm.
—A.a. Dowd, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
But battery life is always a worry, glare while outside can be an issue and the digital screens can be fatiguing for the old peepers.
—New Atlas, 12 July 2024
That split-open peeper appears in this season’s ninth episode, during a montage that also features footage from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948), Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), and other famed movies.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeper
Noun
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Matt Damon originated the role of the spy who suffers from psychogenic amnesia and is forced to unlock his connection to the CIA.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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The incident comes one day after the Trump administration released new and newly unredacted spy agency files about 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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So will Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, which finds the director — once an indie interloper, now an industry veteran — re-creating the Los Angeles of his youth and using a story of a friendship, aging, and insecurity to reflect on a moment of tremendous change in film history.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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Capys, who are often suspicious of interlopers like me, can also be unfriendly with members of their own species who are not part of their family group.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Walter hacks into the internet and Lottie’s phone while Shauna mopes around, and Misty snoops in Lottie’s pockets and drawers for evidence.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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Under the pretense of getting a suit Hector can wear in court, Cherry snoops around their bedroom.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Not that Miss Manners believes that hearing that explanation — or any other — would discourage a determined busybody.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Of all people to hand a secret to, a religious busybody has to be among the worst.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
20 Nov. 2024
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This pairing from Wildhorn worked in perfect harmony to keep gaper-gap at bay and airflow going directly from cutouts at the top of the helmet vents into the goggles.—
Joe Jackson,
Outside Online,
18 Oct. 2022
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Another man asked if putting up higher barriers in the median might help with the dreaded gaper’s blocks that happen every time there’s an accident.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
chicagotribune.com,
20 Oct. 2021
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“Peeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeper. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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