spectacles
Example Sentences
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Some people are using the glasses — which look like a pair of regular spectacles — to record people without their knowledge and publish the videos on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The spectacles have also thrust airlines, their employees and customers into uncomfortable—and potentially dangerous—confrontations in airports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Weddings are spectacles, and a couple’s budget can say a lot about what matters to them.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
New York City also has a long-standing ethos of treating celebrities as part of the fabric of everyday life rather than as spectacles too.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Bald patches, spectacles, and all: Aunt Fannie upon her powder puff throne.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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