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
Gunshots slicing through the air from above sent visitors running for cover or peering out of their cars to investigate – some worried for family members inside the facility.
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Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Success was both exhilarating and terrifying; his sister Pam recalls paparazzi peering into their parents’ kitchen.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Called the Citadelle Henry in the king’s day, Christophe’s famous fort, which survived the deadly quake, sits atop one of Haiti’s highest mountain peaks peering all the way out to the Atlantic Ocean.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
The day before the shooting, the resident of the home reported he was seen wearing camouflage and peering into the home, an affidavit of probable cause showed.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Barker said that the investigation began on Tuesday night, when Ruth’s ex-girlfriend’s mother reported seeing him on her property in camouflage, peering into the home with binoculars.
—Alexandra Koch , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
That hasn’t stopped passers-by from peering through the windows.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
For a generation whose existence is mostly, if not entirely, lived through devices, peering through the hypnotic glow of their phone screens at a picture-in-picture playback of the events unfolding in front of them is an extension, or even an evolution, of the experience.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Qabylqai was cuffed, hooded, and whisked to a camp, where cameras watched her day and night, even peering at her naked body in the toilet.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Success was both exhilarating and terrifying; his sister Pam recalls paparazzi peering into their parents’ kitchen.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Called the Citadelle Henry in the king’s day, Christophe’s famous fort, which survived the deadly quake, sits atop one of Haiti’s highest mountain peaks peering all the way out to the Atlantic Ocean.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
The day before the shooting, the resident of the home reported he was seen wearing camouflage and peering into the home, an affidavit of probable cause showed.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Barker said that the investigation began on Tuesday night, when Ruth’s ex-girlfriend’s mother reported seeing him on her property in camouflage, peering into the home with binoculars.
—Alexandra Koch , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
That hasn’t stopped passers-by from peering through the windows.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
For a generation whose existence is mostly, if not entirely, lived through devices, peering through the hypnotic glow of their phone screens at a picture-in-picture playback of the events unfolding in front of them is an extension, or even an evolution, of the experience.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
Qabylqai was cuffed, hooded, and whisked to a camp, where cameras watched her day and night, even peering at her naked body in the toilet.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peering
Verb
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In a separate post, Tippett is seen hugging and staring into his beloved’s eyes through a window, followed by a video of the pair talking and snogging, with their intimate conversation muted by the glass partition.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Oct. 2025
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Soon my mom was staring catatonically at the baby item in her hand.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Most weather and star-gazing apps will have them.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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For long stretches of the play’s first act, Winter and Reeves stay seated, perched at the tunnel’s opening, gazing out over the audience.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But the cringe-comedy antics of the original NBC series landed far better in Season 3 than in Season 1, once audiences began to truly love the characters instead of just gawking at them.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Nunn has a divided audience, as the Baddies show is fueled with drama, with Jerry Springer style fights to keep viewers gawking.—
Nadja Sayej,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Peering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peering. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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