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Recent Examples of peeping Tom
The creepy 40-second teaser captures Danes as Aggie Wiggs and Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis in a montage of eerie mystery scenes, filled with death investigations, blood, and … a peeping Tom?
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeping Tom
Noun
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For the first time, Pixar hired an outside director, Brad Bird, who drew inspiration from spy films and comic books from the 1960s.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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Fans might recognize her from the streamer's spooky period drama 1899 (2022) or its hit spy thriller Black Doves (2024–present).—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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Walkin’ around and makin’ that sound to himself sometimes, and up at night for the crickets and peepers and such.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Thanks to some cutting-edge tech help, the actor's eyes (both of them) were even used for the mythological monster's giant peeper.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Just how much secret information could a snoop discover?—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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Maggie is a snoop—and a clumsy one.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nevermind the fact that, in the other instances, objects were moved around, stereos are turned on and the intruder never shows his face.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Grand Rapids police responding to a distressed 911 call from 44-year-old Charles Broomfield found the bodies, as Broomfield allegedly said there had been intruders in the home, according to authorities, WWMT, 13 ABC and WOOD TV reported.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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It is turned off by default—anything that can store this kind of history is something that a snooper or domestic abuser could access.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wrestlers like Garcia and Stewart have achieved what Morrison has set his sights on, but Morrison isn’t a star gazer.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2026
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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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At the same time, despite her massive popularity in China, some Chinese critics have cast her as an interloper.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
22 Jan. 2026
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Owing to its wealth, the county had caught the attention of political interlopers in the past.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Peeping Tom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeping%20Tom. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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