peephole
Americannoun
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peepholes
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noun
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If you’re home alone or with family members and you hear a knock at the door, check the window, security camera or peephole so you can identify if ICE agents are outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025
He then heard a second, "very aggressive knock" but did not see anyone when he looked through the peephole.
From BBC ● May 9, 2024
The door was not equipped with a peephole, so Rehn couldn’t see who was demanding she open up.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
The mother tells the police that she saw the boy through the peephole and knew he was holding a real gun, because she sells firearms.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
The landing at the top of the stairs ended in a single door painted red, with a peephole in it.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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
The system consisted of a sliding camera connected to a TV monitor, along with four peepholes to assess people of different heights, a remote control door lock and a two-way microphone.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
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
If I paced it the way Presto had instructed me, the peepholes slid shut at this point.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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