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A stainless core runs through clear acetate temples, while rounded lenses and a keyhole bridge lend a classic look.

Imagine that the cells are a locked door, but the keyhole is rusty, so it’s difficult for glucose to get inside.

It’s also important to note that many locking cabinet models have only one keyhole that locks multiple drawers at one time, which is a completely effective and normal design feature but doesn’t let you partition your more sensitive items.

So beware of keyhole cutouts or string bottoms—those are a preschool fashion no-no.

He unscrewed the lock, turned it back to front, pasted over the outside keyhole and locked himself in.

This week, Stephen King published his 51st novel, The Wind Through the Keyhole, the latest in his Dark Tower series.

A peek through the keyhole on its website reveals a moving line of classic and contemporary nude images.

Mumbling helps audiences "feel like they're peeking in the keyhole," Batson says.

He looked at it through a keyhole, as it were—the extent was large yet detailed, the picture distant yet very clearly focussed.

Kneeling down, he peered into the keyhole, holding the electric torch close beside his face and chewing industriously.

And all the while the real "me" is snugly lying here in the green box, peeping through the keyhole, on the watch for the postman.

Jehosophat wished he were as small as Hop-o'-my-Thumb, so that he could creep through the keyhole and never be seen at all.

He stooped down and peeped through the keyhole, and immediately grew pale with anger.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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