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Recent Examples of peeper
Unlike humans, apple snails can regrow their peepers if they are injured or amputated.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
Peep Dorothy’s peepers when Wicked: For Good premieres November 21.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 June 2025
Suddenly, Riddick's effervescent peepers become their only hope for survival, if he can be bothered to help out.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2025
It’s designed to work with makeup to prep skin first and keep peepers looking fresh and bright all day long, plus has a brightening effect to visibly reduces dark circles over time.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
Peep Dorothy’s peepers when Wicked: For Good premieres November 21.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 June 2025
Suddenly, Riddick's effervescent peepers become their only hope for survival, if he can be bothered to help out.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2025
It’s designed to work with makeup to prep skin first and keep peepers looking fresh and bright all day long, plus has a brightening effect to visibly reduces dark circles over time.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeper
Noun
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Israel’s strikes on Iran in June were preceded by a sophisticated infiltration by Israel’s Mossad spy agency, a tactic that heightened the already paranoid state of the Iranian regime.—
Farida Elsebai,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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The suit, which sought damages and the installation of a federal monitor at the NYPD, also alleged that ousted former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey installed spies in Donlon’s office and that Adams’ NYPD brass thwarted internal misconduct investigations.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 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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The images from the doorbell camera show the intruder approaching the alcoved entryway of Guthrie’s house with his head down, walking hunched over, as if trying to avoid his face being seen.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Did the intruder or intruders have a key to Guthrie's home?—
Stephanie Innes,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 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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Talarico remarked that the nasty interloper would provide good color for my story, and then recalled the time that former Governor Rick Perry had encountered a coyote while running outside Austin—and shot it dead.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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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
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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There's just something delightful about Anya Taylor-Joy's take on the meddling, busybody heroine Emma and Johnny Flynn's swoony Mr. Knightley!—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
29 Nov. 2025
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The busybody neighbor was hilarious.—
Marisa Silver
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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 20 Feb. 2026.
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