snooping
Example Sentences
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Isn’t the whole uproar over Mr. Smith’s snooping on senators’ phone records a “tempest and teapot” given he had to follow rules?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
And for bears that keep snooping around houses or livestock, there are ways of hazing that don’t involve dogs chasing them.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025
Those traits, paired with her knack for snooping, made Harriet just like I was as a child: too curious for my own good, and prone to making mistakes because of it.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025
So the prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures, originally meant to stop the constable banging on your door in 1787, now applies to the government snooping through the contents of your smartphone.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
Looking at a photo doesn’t feel quite as much like I’ve been snooping into her personal business.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
