snooping
Example Sentences
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Looking at ChatGPT’s file on me felt like snooping through something I wasn’t supposed to, like a therapist’s notes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 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
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
“If you hadn’t gone snooping around Mirror Tech, he probably would never have even known about you.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
