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Just slip this over the interior door’s peephole and rest assured knowing that no one can use a device to see in.
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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
Directed by long-term Palace collaborator Adam Toddhunter, the campaign takes place at a fictional hotel playing on the classic tropes of corridor mazes in cartoons and film – doorways to nowhere, multiple sightings of Da Silva, peepholes, and unexpected encounters.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 1 Dec. 2025
Request to see their badge or ID through a window or peephole.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Nov. 2025
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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
Directed by long-term Palace collaborator Adam Toddhunter, the campaign takes place at a fictional hotel playing on the classic tropes of corridor mazes in cartoons and film – doorways to nowhere, multiple sightings of Da Silva, peepholes, and unexpected encounters.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 1 Dec. 2025
Request to see their badge or ID through a window or peephole.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Peephole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peephole. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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peephole
noun
peep·hole
ˈpēp-ˌhōl 
: a hole or crack to peep through
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