black eye
noun
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The other option is to use an angled brush and black eye shadow.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
Outside, the pair get into a fight that leaves Timothy with a broken nose and Jay with a black eye.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
While the male vermilion flycatcher is unmistakable with its bright red color and distinctive black eye mask and wings, the female is much less colorful and can often be mistaken for a Say’s phoebe, with a brownish head, back and wings, a white throat and upper breast, with a reddish belly.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
That omission would give the conference a national black eye.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
Outside, the pair get into a fight that leaves Timothy with a broken nose and Jay with a black eye.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
While the male vermilion flycatcher is unmistakable with its bright red color and distinctive black eye mask and wings, the female is much less colorful and can often be mistaken for a Say’s phoebe, with a brownish head, back and wings, a white throat and upper breast, with a reddish belly.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
That omission would give the conference a national black eye.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20eye. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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