prying
Example Sentences
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Why Mr. Cabello insisted on keeping prying international eyes away from that building in La Guaira is a question that demands an answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
"The deportation machine has kind of turned more surgical, so to speak. There's less activity in the cities where there's a lot more prying eyes," Budiandri said.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
VPN stands for Virtual Private Network: it creates a secure private tunnel over public networks, such as the internet, to shield your online activity from prying eyes.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
But will prying eyes across the interwebs ever learn the whole story?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
At Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Burbank, California, Johnson had created the "Skunk Works," a secret research-and-development lab hidden from prying eyes by tall barbed-wire fences and blacked-out windows.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
