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plural noun

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as in sunglasses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of goggle

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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Safety goggles should be worn to avoid eye injury in the event of sparking. — William Miller, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023 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 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 See All Example Sentences for goggles

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Before the crime is committed, a construction worker stares at the perpetrator in the back of the vehicle.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The real Cloonee sits in a chair across from me, while another stares at me from the coffee table, where there’s a copy of Cloonee’s recent DJ Mag cover.

— Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026

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