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And when viewers met Trachtenberg’s steely, prying gaze, millions of children and their parents learned an invaluable lesson: Just because kids are young doesn’t mean that they don’t see and feel everything that adults do.

Two fans tried to pull the ball from Betts’ glove, with one prying his glove open while the other grabbed his wrist to keep him from pulling away.

She was told it would be “off-campus” — code for taking place away from prying eyes of headquarters downtown.

Set in contemporary Mexico, “Sujo” centers on the title character, portrayed by relative newcomer Juan Jesús Varela, a young man hidden by his protective aunt from the prying eyes of the local cartel bosses.

A federal law would protect us from prying federal eyes.