as in sunglasses
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as in stares
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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Use climbing plants as a privacy screen If your balcony stares directly at a neighbor’s window or a busy street, climbing plants are the gentlest fix.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Michael stares at his image without showing much interest.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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And Sylvie, who still gazes with utmost tenderness at a black-and-white photograph, taken during her time abroad, of a nameless wailing Russian child, has permanently abandoned her own daughter by refusing to visit her.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Her new perspective gazes at us directly, compelling us to meet her eye.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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“Goggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggles. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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