as in sunglasses
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to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
goggled at the elaborate costumes and floats in the Mardi Gras parade
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Recent Examples of goggles
Spencer Soper, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2023
Safety goggles should be worn to avoid eye injury in the event of sparking.
—William Miller, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
In one, a pair of kid bicyclers take the foreground, ogling the lens through goggles, while an oblivious gentleman in the background reads a newspaper, like a movie extra.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
The defense has said that Oath Keepers were dressed in helmets and goggles to protect themselves from possible attacks from left-wing Antifa activists.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2022
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But many other divisions were losing staff, including its HoloLens goggles business which is scaling back work on a headset for the US Army that Congress declined to fund this year, according to people familiar with the matter.
—Spencer Soper, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2023
Safety goggles should be worn to avoid eye injury in the event of sparking.
—William Miller, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
In one, a pair of kid bicyclers take the foreground, ogling the lens through goggles, while an oblivious gentleman in the background reads a newspaper, like a movie extra.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
The defense has said that Oath Keepers were dressed in helmets and goggles to protect themselves from possible attacks from left-wing Antifa activists.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goggles
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Nearby, Ella Dalton stares into a copy of Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Mahi Kabra lounges by the hair-washing sinks holding A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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When Robbie first strokes the plush walls, her Cathy stares with the appropriate mix of awe and terror.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2026
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Tuxedoed servers wear playing-card pins on their lapels; a slot machine in the entryway shaped like a life-size Doc Holliday gazes at diners with uncanny intensity.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Curving around the glistening, glacial Sarmiento Lake, an amphitheater of rooms gazes up at the Paine massif, with scenes constantly shifting depending on the time of day.—
Sarah Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Goggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggles. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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