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voyeur

noun

Definition of voyeur

as in spy

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Recent Examples of voyeur The site offers a window into a world where humans are merely voyeurs. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2026 Alma lives in a large, cavernous farmhouse in northern Germany that is both a hide-and-seeker’s playground and a voyeur’s delight. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025 Eavesdrop on conversations with Rohmer and Jacques Rivette in the Cahiers office, the clack of dueling typewriters soundtracking the camaraderie, and play voyeur as everyone’s hero Roberto Rosselini stops by to address the troops and pocket finger sandwiches on the way out. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025 Like John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese, Jaglom knows how to push a scene into realms of such emotional nakedness that the viewer starts to feel like a voyeur looking in on relationships that are none of his or her business. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for voyeur

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Directed by Grammy Award-winning filmmaker James Mackel, the visual is three-and-a-half minutes of spy stuff, our hero, dressed to impress, making short work of the many villains who lurk in her hotel.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026
The National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control section, which prosecutes spies, is assisting the DOJ in the case.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

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Similar to how goggles protect your peepers from chlorine (and the burning feeling that can follow after opening your eyes in a swimming pool), goggles work very well to combat onion tears, Hale says.

— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2026
The House advanced the bill codifying the peeper’s status, House Bill 5534, this week by a vote of 136-0.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026

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