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• n  tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes
• v  look with amazement; look stupidly

• Sporting Life Computerized shoes, strapless goggles and one amazing yacht .
• If the black, Terminator-style goggles themselves weren't geeky enough, they are attached to a visor, for comfort, better fit and further ridicule.
• In both studies, participants wore goggles hooked up to cameras planted behind them, so that participants had a view of their own backs.

• goggle
• gape
• gawp
• gawk

News & Articles

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• US military officials say help for Syria likely to escalate gradually
  U.S. military officials said Friday that American help for Syrian rebels is likely to escalate gradually, beginning with basic equipment like body armor and night-vision goggles and shifting later to weapons and ammunition.The officials told NBC News that providing the rebels with heavy weapons, such as anti-tank or anti-aircraft rockets, was not being actively considered. The gradual timetable ...
  June 14, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• New ProBlocker™ Ninja™ Spray Goggles Shield Painters From Overspray
  New patent-pending spray goggles from ProBlocker introduced this summer offer a clear way for painters to avoid choosing between blocked vision or harmful exposure to overspray when working with spray paint
  June 13, 2013 - SafetyOnline
• Turkish street vendors turn on a dime to make a lira off Taksim protests
  Swimming goggles and 'V for Vendetta' masks cropped up in street vendors' hands within days of the first demonstrations in Taksim Square.
  June 12, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor

Quotes

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• Michael Phelps in ESPN
  My goggles kept filling up with water during the race,Phelps said. "I wanted a world record, I wanted 1:51 or better, but in the circumstances not too bad I guess."
• Jim Whitaker in Guardian Unlimited
  It can turn into an Everest when you get those high winds and snow,said Whittaker, speaking from his home in Port Townsend, Wash. "You get knocked over by the wind. Your goggles fog up. You can't even travel."
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in AFP
  It's not only guns, it's night-vision goggles, it's body armor,Clinton told reporters on the plane.