as in staring
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 peering
Zhao’s team realized that, for peering around corners, those longer wavelengths are actually an advantage, according to a press release.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
But at the time, mammography was a 40-year-old procedure that remained stubbornly analog—with doctors peering at sheets of X-ray film through jeweler’s loupes.
—Erik German, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
Other guests nearby were peering at displays of new pieces from the brand’s Les Pétales and The Bows high jewelry collections.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
The show began with Bad Bunny peering through some tall grass as if in a sugar cane field in Puerto Rico.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2026
Olah and his colleagues spent many thousands of hours peering at the activity of discrete neurons in primitive image-recognition networks.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The reissue features a pair of great new remixes, one transcending the corporate madness and the other peering deep inside its dark core.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2026
These bright purple cat-eye nails are like peering into a crystal ball.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
Fort broadcast video of masked officers peering into the windows of her house before taking her into custody.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
But at the time, mammography was a 40-year-old procedure that remained stubbornly analog—with doctors peering at sheets of X-ray film through jeweler’s loupes.
—Erik German, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
Other guests nearby were peering at displays of new pieces from the brand’s Les Pétales and The Bows high jewelry collections.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
The show began with Bad Bunny peering through some tall grass as if in a sugar cane field in Puerto Rico.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2026
Olah and his colleagues spent many thousands of hours peering at the activity of discrete neurons in primitive image-recognition networks.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The reissue features a pair of great new remixes, one transcending the corporate madness and the other peering deep inside its dark core.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2026
These bright purple cat-eye nails are like peering into a crystal ball.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
Fort broadcast video of masked officers peering into the windows of her house before taking her into custody.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peering
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After taking his skis off, Klæbo sat hunched over, staring into the snow, before standing up and congratulating his teammates and the rest of the finishers.—
Nathaniel Herz,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2026
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Kids leaned over the sideline staring at fresh paint that had not learned the language of pickup games yet.—
D’Joumbarey Moreau,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Standing under a starry sky, gazing up at the wonder of the cosmos, is a foundational human experience and one that has shaped our storytelling and cultures for millennia.—
Megan Eaves,
Outside,
20 Feb. 2026
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Whitney is gazing into the middle distance, contemplating a runner on a Lithuanian passport, when Ferdinand blows the world of season four apart.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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On a typical day, the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Scottsdale reverberates with animal cries and the footfalls of gawking visitors.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Armed soldiers patrolled in droves, spreading hate and fear everywhere, blindfolding children, pointing guns, gawking, spitting, laughing at us like animals in the zoo.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Peering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peering. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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