peephole
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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
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
"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
A Come Tees design is a peephole into Sombreuil’s mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
He looked through the peephole like his father taught him.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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
And while they didn't find any peepholes in the buildings they studied, they did find some hidden stairs.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022
For years, Gibb kept finding tiny peepholes into what looked like a large, interconnected system of caves.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2022
They positioned the galaxy inside a trunk and drilled peepholes on the outside, painting a night sky on the exterior.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
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
