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Recent Examples of snooper
The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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, 15 Sep. 2025
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snooper
Noun
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Just two good old-fashioned American spies, the Soviet Union, the Cold War and a lot of high jinks.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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Guests will join the Harpers — a heroic spy network — to foil a plot by the legendary beholder Xanathar and save the city of Waterdeep.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
15 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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Walkin’ around and makin’ that sound to himself sometimes, and up at night for the crickets and peepers and such.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Thanks to some cutting-edge tech help, the actor's eyes (both of them) were even used for the mythological monster's giant peeper.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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An intruder was twice able to make his way onto the grounds of Kensington Palace while carrying a heavy rucksack, The Telegraph reported.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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An intruder was fatally shot by an armed city employee inside Lawrence City Hall in Kansas on Monday morning, officials said.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
5 Jan. 2026
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
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“Snooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snooper. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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