periscope

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Washington afterwards released what it said was periscope footage of the submarine firing on the ship, and an image of its hull almost vertical as it slipped below the surface.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

In his metaphorical submarine without a periscope, the attorney general and his senior staff were oblivious to what was occurring on Capitol Hill just a few blocks from the Justice Department building.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024

The most expensive variant of the new generation iPhone will have a periscope camera that could improve zoom capacity by 5 times or more, according TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023

A Royal Navy frigate and helicopters try to find a Chinese submarine before it is able to get close enough to take a photograph from its periscope.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023

A hand emerged, like a submarine periscope breaking surface, and dropped.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini