as in interferes
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
a private investigator snooping around the abandoned warehouse
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Verb
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Bárbara, who can see the guests a few feet away, maintains a neutral expression on her face as Solène demands to be spoken to nicely, at which point Jess interferes and tells them to save it for later.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025 -
Elsewhere, Morgan interferes when Elliot admits to not being invited to his classmate’s party.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The duo plays Emily and Matt, a married pair of ex-CIA spies forced out of retirement and back into the world of espionage after their secret identities are revealed.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Cianfrance supplies a real jerk of a manager in Peter Dinklage’s Mitch, on whom Jeffrey spies by setting up baby monitors in the back office.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The satirical animation, which often pokes fun at pop culture and political events, was previously scheduled to move its library of episodes to Paramount+ under a new multiyear licensing arrangement.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Aug. 2025
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The result is a richly observational patchwork that pokes fun at several stereotypes, from the man-bun-wearing tech mogul to tourist-scamming wizards.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The hope is that would-be intruders think twice.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
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This technique bypassed traditional login protections and gave intruders long-lasting access to customer relationship management data.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The marine interlopers clogged the cooling water intake systems at the Gravelines facility in northern France late Sunday, triggering an automatic halt to three reactors.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Aug. 2025
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In a rural community like this, are new arrivals nearly always going to be seen as interlopers by locals?—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Snoops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoops. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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