Example Sentences
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The reporters who snooped on the weekend’s wedding via binoculars might have had a better view of what they were covering.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
If a third party snooped, they would leave indelible evidence of their interference—like damaging a quantum wax seal.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2022
The authors speculate it was perhaps high-altitude reconnaissance planes flying at 6 miles high that often snooped over Benghazi.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
It has also been reprimanded over allegations that it snooped on former top wealth-management executive Iqbal Khan as well as being fined over bribery and fraud charges relating to the $2 billion Mozambican corruption scandal.
From Reuters ● Dec. 13, 2021
Before I went back down, I snooped around a little bit.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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