black eye
noun
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Annual cicadas have dark green to black bodies with green-veined wings and black eyes and are larger.
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Great white: The ocean’s largest predatory fish at up to 21 feet, great whites occasionally appear near North Carolina beaches in winter and spring, and is characterized by its white belly, black eyes and triangular teeth.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
As the thinking goes, the company took a black eye with last year’s Wolfs.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Detectives walked him out of the NYPD 84th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon — during which he was seen sporting a large black eye.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Great white: The ocean’s largest predatory fish at up to 21 feet, great whites occasionally appear near North Carolina beaches in winter and spring, and is characterized by its white belly, black eyes and triangular teeth.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
As the thinking goes, the company took a black eye with last year’s Wolfs.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Detectives walked him out of the NYPD 84th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon — during which he was seen sporting a large black eye.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20eye. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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