black eye
noun
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This isn't the first black eye in recent memory for the small Delaware County department.
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Joe Holden, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Fearing retaliation from her employer, the worker clocked in to work with a black eye, her face still swollen from the attack, according to the complaint.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The men got into a physical fight on April 13 that left Mares with a black eye, the man said.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Photographs taken April 8 and attached to the filing showed one detainee, Raiko Lopez Morffi, with a black eye and an injured arm.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
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Joe Holden, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Fearing retaliation from her employer, the worker clocked in to work with a black eye, her face still swollen from the attack, according to the complaint.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The men got into a physical fight on April 13 that left Mares with a black eye, the man said.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Photographs taken April 8 and attached to the filing showed one detainee, Raiko Lopez Morffi, with a black eye and an injured arm.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20eye. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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