as in sunglasses
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as in stares
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
goggled at the elaborate costumes and floats in the Mardi Gras parade
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Recent Examples of goggles
Spencer Soper, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2023
Safety goggles should be worn to avoid eye injury in the event of sparking.
—William Miller, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
In one, a pair of kid bicyclers take the foreground, ogling the lens through goggles, while an oblivious gentleman in the background reads a newspaper, like a movie extra.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
The defense has said that Oath Keepers were dressed in helmets and goggles to protect themselves from possible attacks from left-wing Antifa activists.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2022
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But many other divisions were losing staff, including its HoloLens goggles business which is scaling back work on a headset for the US Army that Congress declined to fund this year, according to people familiar with the matter.
—Spencer Soper, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2023
Safety goggles should be worn to avoid eye injury in the event of sparking.
—William Miller, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
In one, a pair of kid bicyclers take the foreground, ogling the lens through goggles, while an oblivious gentleman in the background reads a newspaper, like a movie extra.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
The defense has said that Oath Keepers were dressed in helmets and goggles to protect themselves from possible attacks from left-wing Antifa activists.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goggles
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Michael stares at his image without showing much interest.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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An antelope on a ridge teasingly stares before bounding off up the rocky hill.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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All three writers turned loving, humorous, piercing gazes on a particular place, exploring, through cycles of plays, the rich humanity and the grave historical wounds of its inhabitants.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Peasants whisper about monsters in the forest, and in the interlude between the wars, Lajos gazes at a house that is burning down and has a premonition of the world-historical destruction to come.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Goggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goggles. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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