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glance

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glance

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Synonyms for peek

to look briefly and quickly

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a quick look

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Synonyms for peek

a secret look

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throw a glance at

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Written by Cathy Jo Marley, whose own experience turning 50 provided inspiration, Peeking Over the Edge ...
Peeking Over the Edge
Unlike Orwell's 1984, however, the watchers in these new movies are not "Big Brother." Rather, like Jimmy Stewart's wheelchair-bound photographer in Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic Rear Window, they are ordinary folks spying on others for the sheer entertainment value of it all, neighbors peeking over their electronic fences or through Internet curtains in hopes of catching a glance of something amusing, embarrassing, or even salacious, but certainly private.
Keep your eyes to yourself
The catcher can trick the "peeker" by having the pitcher deliver the ball soon as the peeker begins looking back after peeking in.
This will generally put a stop to peeking, especially if the pitch is delivered hard and inside.
In the hands of the receiver
A total of 11 children, nine of them boys, admitted to peeking. Another 11, eight of them girls, said they did not look at the toy.
Deceptive successes in young children
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