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Soft, adjustable lighting, outdoor rain showers with peepholes framing the scenery, incredibly comfy poolside daybeds, super-crisp sheets, open-plan bathrooms with capacious closets—everything works, but nothing feels forced or superfluous.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
After flipping on the light in the small vestibule, Sister Proba looked through the peephole.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
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, 16 Jan. 2026
The audience watches the Lumière at its original speed as time hurries by within the world of Bi’s movie, the scene not breaking the fourth wall so much as boring a peephole through it.
—Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2026
After flipping on the light in the small vestibule, Sister Proba looked through the peephole.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
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, 16 Jan. 2026
The audience watches the Lumière at its original speed as time hurries by within the world of Bi’s movie, the scene not breaking the fourth wall so much as boring a peephole through it.
—Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Peephole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peephole. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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peephole
noun
peep·hole
ˈpēp-ˌhōl 
: a hole or crack to peep through
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