as in stared
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank
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Recent Examples of peered
On one of the final days of the semester, Raymundo peered into his Infiniti J30’s engine bay, searching for the issue that had troubled the car.
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Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Teigen shared other clips in the carousel post of her family vacation, including a shot of herself walking along the beach with her daughter Esti and her posing on a boat in a plunging black swimsuit as Luna and Miles, seen in life jackets standing behind her, peered over the boat’s edge.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
So Beaton and her colleagues peered once again at the object through the keen gaze of the Hubble Space Telescope.
—Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2026
Curious passersby peered through the front door and windows.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 Jan. 2026
The scientists then placed human embryos donated for research after infertility treatments, as well as primitive embryo-like entities created from stem cells — called embryoids — inside their tiny wombs on chips and peered through a microscope to watch what happened next.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
Animated ravens with glowing eyes peered into the venue from glossy, leafless branches on a digital background.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 22 Dec. 2025
The Webb telescope, widely considered a successor to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, has peered more deeply into the cosmos than any instrument that came before it.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
At the door, a man in a shiny blue suit and eyeglasses forged from some fragile-looking but probably indestructible mineral whose extraction shapes contemporary geoeconomics said hello, peered over my shoulder.
—Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Teigen shared other clips in the carousel post of her family vacation, including a shot of herself walking along the beach with her daughter Esti and her posing on a boat in a plunging black swimsuit as Luna and Miles, seen in life jackets standing behind her, peered over the boat’s edge.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
So Beaton and her colleagues peered once again at the object through the keen gaze of the Hubble Space Telescope.
—Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2026
Curious passersby peered through the front door and windows.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 Jan. 2026
The scientists then placed human embryos donated for research after infertility treatments, as well as primitive embryo-like entities created from stem cells — called embryoids — inside their tiny wombs on chips and peered through a microscope to watch what happened next.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
Animated ravens with glowing eyes peered into the venue from glossy, leafless branches on a digital background.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 22 Dec. 2025
The Webb telescope, widely considered a successor to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, has peered more deeply into the cosmos than any instrument that came before it.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
At the door, a man in a shiny blue suit and eyeglasses forged from some fragile-looking but probably indestructible mineral whose extraction shapes contemporary geoeconomics said hello, peered over my shoulder.
—Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peered
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After the photo opportunity, the girls stared at Minnie with Bennett taking a particular interest in the Disney character’s glam look.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Perhaps this is the first time the group stared into the rearview mirror to think about something akin to a greatest hits set.—
Daniel Dylan Wray,
Pitchfork,
5 Nov. 2025
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That means by the end of 2030, the iconic ISS – where the world's astronauts have lived, worked and gazed upon the cosmos for more than two decades – will be no more.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Indeed, this is a coffee table book that’s meant to be savored and not just gazed at.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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They’re presented as endearing surprises of nature and life, celebrated rather than gawked at.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2025
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Drilling for progress As the rest of us gawked at Maye’s pinpoint accuracy on his 55-yard completion to Rhamondre Stevenson in the third quarter of last Sunday’s win — the longest of his career — Maye’s position coach smiled for a different reason.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Peered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peered. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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