peephole
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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
"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
And indeed, the face that showed up at the peephole did look angry.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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
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
In 1995, she staged an exhibition in which people had to use peepholes to see ethnographic artifacts at the Brighton Museum.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2018
The stairway walls had peepholes and shelves cut into them.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
