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Recent Examples of voyeur
The police set up surveillance around their home to catch the voyeur, but tensions within the family rise as secrets unravel under the scrutiny of eyes watching them from all sides.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Condoning voyeurs while blaming the victims Attitudes in China remain conservative, often to the detriment of women – such as in cases of divorce, domestic violence or upskirting, which aren’t typically treated as a priority by police, rights campaigners have long complained.
—Cnn Staff 20 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
The through line is the author’s refusal to look at the Brotherhood from the outside in; Riley isn’t some voyeur watching a house on a summer night just after the lights come on.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Painters across the centuries have turned this most intimate of transgressions into art, inviting viewers to become voyeurs of passion, guilt and desire.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Condoning voyeurs while blaming the victims Attitudes in China remain conservative, often to the detriment of women – such as in cases of divorce, domestic violence or upskirting, which aren’t typically treated as a priority by police, rights campaigners have long complained.
—Cnn Staff 20 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
The through line is the author’s refusal to look at the Brotherhood from the outside in; Riley isn’t some voyeur watching a house on a summer night just after the lights come on.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Painters across the centuries have turned this most intimate of transgressions into art, inviting viewers to become voyeurs of passion, guilt and desire.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for voyeur
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He was also sanctioned by the European Union in January 2019 following a nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England, which the British government said was carried out by GRU agents to poison a former Russian spy.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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That unusual role for a spy chief raised additional questions from Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees.—
DAVID KLEPPER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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
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“Voyeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voyeur. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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