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There’s one only visible through a peephole hidden behind a panel on a wall, and there’s even one printed on a yellow sweatshirt mixed in with a sea of white button-down shirts on a conveyor belt in the laundry.
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Visitors to the museum can watch her through peepholes and via feed from a security camera.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
In one room, Elliott, eyes squinting and face slicked with sweat, lies on his belly on a makeshift platform watching the street through a large, jagged peephole punched in the wall.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Just slip this over the interior door’s peephole and rest assured knowing that no one can use a device to see in.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
Visitors to the museum can watch her through peepholes and via feed from a security camera.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
In one room, Elliott, eyes squinting and face slicked with sweat, lies on his belly on a makeshift platform watching the street through a large, jagged peephole punched in the wall.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Just slip this over the interior door’s peephole and rest assured knowing that no one can use a device to see in.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Peephole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peephole. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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peephole
noun
peep·hole
ˈpēp-ˌhōl 
: a hole or crack to peep through
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