snooping
Example Sentences
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Drawing on facts and clues that Kaede learns from the news and her own snooping, Grandfather ponders solutions in the sanctuary of his library.
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
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
One of my aunts recently saw the paperwork on my desk and started snooping.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2024
And ever since Cletus came snooping around Ob’s old Chevy last November, Ob and me know about them, too.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
