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Recent Examples of espy The film’s comedy is built from a series of infinitesimal touches and chance intrusions, as when Édouard, espying Charles in the street, leaps from his seat at a sidewalk café and jostles a waiter bearing drinks. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024 Imprisoned by the Duke of Athens, the cousins espy the beautiful Emilia from their cell—and each man falls immediately in love. Andrea Mays, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024 If a basket-hanger was espied by the recipient, the recipient would give chase and try to steal a kiss from the basket-hanger. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2024 Images taken from different realities, different spaces, times, places that have been sort of cut out and pasted together to create a new scene that depicts something that no human eye would ever have espied. Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2023 Resentful 1970s émigrés were prodding the West to espy its true enemy not in communism, but in an irredeemable Russia. Ignat Solzhenitsyn, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020 The cub tried to sneak up on him, but was quickly espied by the older lion. Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2019 For instance, visitors can scan through an electronic infographic for terrariums filled with camouflaging Gulf Coast toads, then head outside onto more than 2 miles of dirt and boardwalk trails to espy the bayou's flora and fauna. Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 6 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for espy
Verb
  • Turn Overcoming Fear Into A Daily Game Make it into a game to notice your vulnerabilities and find your courage.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • People can improve their ability to notice and feel this positive emotion.
    Monica Y. Bartlett, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • From New York to Hollywood and everywhere in between, see what your favorite stars are up to Comments Stars have been everywhere this week.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Horsetail is a great option for travelers with accessibility concerns, while those who want more can hike to Upper Horsetail Falls and see the cave that’s tucked behind the curtain of water.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Abby went out to take watch and spotted two people on horseback, later revealed to be Joel and Dina, who had gone out early on patrol together.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Notably, one is the worker who spotted the tendrils in the pipes but didn’t have the opportunity to share that update with anyone.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But companies have long eyed the ocean floor as a potential source of metals like nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper, which are used in batteries for electric vehicles and other technologies.
    Julia Simon, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Walz has been eyed as one of the next leaders of the Democratic Party after the election loss.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Espy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espy. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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