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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If Damascus interferes in Lebanon, sectarian violence could follow, as the Syrian military presence would likely be interpreted as direct opposition to Hezbollah’s Shiite fighters.
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This act interferes greatly with local departments of planning and development for erroneous climate protocols enacted by Ronald Regan.
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The District of Columbia's most affluent suburb is McLean, home to diplomats and spies.
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Big tech and corporate spies Grady’s stewardship of state money has been questioned in the past.
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From pet hair to crumbs, this Shark handheld cordless vacuum cleaner can tackle messes large and small, thanks to strong suction and a self-cleaning brush that resists pet hair accumulation.
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Like that series, this movie messes with your mind by taking full advantage of creepy backroom spaces.
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Today’s intruders rarely smash through the front entrance.
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In contrast to his wife, Joseph was calm, polite, careful not to do anything to upset the intruders.
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The second is a vent which pokes out above your clothes, to move warm air away from you.
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Perched on a finger of land that pokes into Lebanon, Metula is usually crowded with tourists this time of year.
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But pretty soon the two interlopers into this small, grudge-holding but tight-knit community — the kind where, going back generations, everybody not only knows but is mightily resentful of everyone else’s business — develop a kind of outsider kinship.
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An analysis of the recordings showed that the parents behaved aggressively toward the divers more often when the human interlopers were staring at the offspring or the parent, compared with when the diver was looking in another direction or completely turned away.
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Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section.
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“Snoops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoops. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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