as in staring
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank
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Recent Examples of peering
An 11-year-old Dexter Sol Ansell is peering into his Zoom camera, hands pressed to his cheeks and mouth wide open in mock shock.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Indeed, undeterred by the danger of military patrols and unforgiving conditions, the football obsessives resort to everything from stealing government electricity to peering through enemies’ windows to catch a glimpse of the game single-handedly won by the less problematic Ronaldo.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
This lavender cat-eye set is like peering into a misty garden.
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Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
18 June 2026
Cinematographer Meteor Cheung doesn’t need to do much more than park his camera on a tripod and pan it side to side, occasionally looking down in alarm like a librarian peering over her glasses.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
This 82-minute true crime documentary focuses on the killing and its aftermath while also peering into the years leading up to Blanchard's demise.
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James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
Cruising thousands of feet above the ground, peering out of the airplane window at the world below, and pinpointing all of the green football, baseball and soccer fields sprawled below.
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Shaun Goodwin
may 25,
Idaho Statesman,
25 May 2026
Qassem and Ali moved through every room, peering into corners, opening doors.
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Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
Inside, the front desk is flanked by an animatronic dire wolf and a life-size acrylic woolly mammoth peering out from what appears to be a massive block of ice.
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Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
Indeed, undeterred by the danger of military patrols and unforgiving conditions, the football obsessives resort to everything from stealing government electricity to peering through enemies’ windows to catch a glimpse of the game single-handedly won by the less problematic Ronaldo.
—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
This lavender cat-eye set is like peering into a misty garden.
—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
18 June 2026
Cinematographer Meteor Cheung doesn’t need to do much more than park his camera on a tripod and pan it side to side, occasionally looking down in alarm like a librarian peering over her glasses.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
This 82-minute true crime documentary focuses on the killing and its aftermath while also peering into the years leading up to Blanchard's demise.
—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
Cruising thousands of feet above the ground, peering out of the airplane window at the world below, and pinpointing all of the green football, baseball and soccer fields sprawled below.
—
Shaun Goodwin
may 25,
Idaho Statesman,
25 May 2026
Qassem and Ali moved through every room, peering into corners, opening doors.
—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
Inside, the front desk is flanked by an animatronic dire wolf and a life-size acrylic woolly mammoth peering out from what appears to be a massive block of ice.
—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peering
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The banners of Hightower green burning in the night, Rhaenyra staring ominously through the flames.
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Now, yes, staring at the ceiling long enough to draw you a diagram of the paint peeling.
Verb
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Isn’t that what any of us wants when gazing into the mirror held up to nature, as Hamlet describes the theater?
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Soul gazing The following morning, the participants wake up with maybe the clearest heads in Nashville.
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Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.
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The walk to the stadium is a mile or so along the Alaskan Way, where restaurants like the Crab Pot are opening up, but everyone is gawking at the street spectacle.
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“Peering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peering. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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