variants
also pryer
as in spy
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Noun
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First came Witness by the American journalist Whittaker Chambers, a former communist and Soviet spy who eventually broke with the party and became a political conservative.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025 -
The titular protagonist is a former military spy turned maverick detective and, importantly, bookshop owner.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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View 6 Images Most of us spend an awful lot of time looking at pocket-friendly screens these days, which can take its toll on our peepers.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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Related Video Tyla Gets Ready for the Prelude to the 2024 Olympics Aside from limiting screen time, there are ways to increase eye health and protect our peepers from the damage induced by modern life.—
Maria Berentzen,
Vogue,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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And a feature called Track Cleaner wipes away tracks and traces of your computer and internet use, to foil snoops.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Mar. 2024
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Scores of security guards keep the homeless, the snoops and the patent-stealers at bay, while the dealmakers pack into the cramped Westin St. Francis hotel and its surrounds to meet with cash-hungry executives from biotech and other health care companies.—
Molly Castle Work and Arthur Allen,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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Fire is the native, natural presence, and human development is the invasive interloper.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Sheridan has an affinity for writing characters who have lots of big things to say about the world around them and their place in it; Yellowstone features hours of John Dutton solemnly orating on the subject of Montana, the ranching way of life, and the threat posed by outside interlopers.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Prier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prier. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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