snooping

Example Sentences

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While snooping around the app a few weeks ago, I noticed a friend of mine had logged a film I’d never heard of, a little Tubi Original called “Hag.”

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Partway through the 1965 film “The Ipcress File,” Harry Palmer returns home to find a young, female colleague snooping around his apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

An ATM con that involves some snooping, some acting and some sleight-of-hand is being carried out across Southern California, police say.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

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

“Davis said it was worth it to him, that he’d rather give us the reward than have us snooping around.”

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green