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Recent Examples of peeper
Thanks to some cutting-edge tech help, the actor's eyes (both of them) were even used for the mythological monster's giant peeper.
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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
At one point, Paul improvises a blowtorch and singes Carey’s face, leaving his peepers hairless.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 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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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
At one point, Paul improvises a blowtorch and singes Carey’s face, leaving his peepers hairless.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 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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The bar was set high from here, but even the best Bond games have only superficially tackled the essence of the spy fantasy.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
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New intelligence shows that nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since Vladimir Putin launched his country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to Anne Keast-Butler, the new head of the United Kingdom's communications and cyber spy agency.—
Ramy Inocencio,
CBS News,
28 May 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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Ed Igoe announced that deputies had searched the building and found no intruder inside.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Her sister had been banished to the House of Scorn, and her brother was out on watch, tasked with keeping intruders at bay.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 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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Our two Yank interlopers spend some time puzzling over what that supernatural secret might be, before all is revealed in a burst of fantastical exposition toward the end of Act 1.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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The other possibility is that the aggressive dove was an interloper and was trying to claim the nesting site as part of its territory.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
4 May 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 2 Jun. 2026.
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