peephole
Americannoun
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peepholes
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noun
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He then heard a second, "very aggressive knock" but did not see anyone when he looked through the peephole.
From BBC ● May 9, 2024
A few minutes later, Fortson heard a louder knock but didn’t see anyone when he looked through the peephole, Crump said, citing the woman’s account.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Even something as simple as the view through the peephole in the apartment door sets up one of the film’s best sequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
"I was making breakfast when the doorbell rang. I looked through the peephole but didn't see anybody. I opened the door and there he was, lying on the mat," a visibly upset Lopez told reporters.
From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2022
There was no peephole at the Hotel Filosoof.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Leidos told Congress in December it would install peepholes on dorm room doors, limit access to master keys that could open multiple bedrooms, and give teams in the field an extra satellite phone.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023
A suspended walkway traverses the entire space, with peepholes at a child’s height punctuating its low, translucent walls.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
And while they didn't find any peepholes in the buildings they studied, they did find some hidden stairs.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022
At their center, peepholes or narrow slits allow you to look through the object — although typically, the focused view is blocked by a dot or line that DeLap has painted on the glass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2018
She meant that their keepers were making the electric clocks in the dome go fast, then slow, then fast again, and watching the little Earthling family through peepholes.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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