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Recent Examples of peeper
Walkin’ around and makin’ that sound to himself sometimes, and up at night for the crickets and peepers and such.
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David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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
Just like most of New England, Vermont will certainly impress the pickiest peeper with the vibrant foliage that peaks towards the beginning of October.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2025
Unlike humans, apple snails can regrow their peepers if they are injured or amputated.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
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David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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
Just like most of New England, Vermont will certainly impress the pickiest peeper with the vibrant foliage that peaks towards the beginning of October.
—Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2025
Unlike humans, apple snails can regrow their peepers if they are injured or amputated.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeper
Noun
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Big tech and corporate spies Grady’s stewardship of state money has been questioned in the past.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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To get into 1970s Moscow spy mode as Twila, Richardson joined forces on a thrifting expedition with costume designer Anastasia Magoutas.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
Noun
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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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Their sons called 911 and said their parents were killed by intruders.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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In the case of Close Encounters, this happens at a base camp at Devils Tower, Wyoming, where a group of scientists (and a couple of intruders) has direct contact with an alien race.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
12 June 2026
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
Noun
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Both Nanjiani’s castmates, and Davies and Horne, ribbed him as a famous Hollywood interloper on their little show, and that label stuck in a way that seemed to limit his gameplay and constrain the show’s own sense of humor.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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But pretty soon the two interlopers into this small, grudge-holding but tight-knit community — the kind where, going back generations, everybody not only knows but is mightily resentful of everyone else’s business — develop a kind of outsider kinship.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Except Leo is the opposite of a snoop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Advertisement For an invertebrate, Marcellus is quite the busybody.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
8 May 2026
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Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman starred, with Ives and Madeleine Sherwood, as Brick’s busybody sister-in-law, reprising their stage roles.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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“Peeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeper. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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