black eye
noun
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The wrestler reportedly suffered a busted eardrum and a black eye at the hands of the rapper.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025
The autopsy found skull fractures, brain bleeding, swollen black eyes and cuts to his right arm, but the forensic pathologist held off on calling it a homicide.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Her lawyers argued that O’Keefe’s injuries, including two black eyes, skull fractures, cuts on his face and on the back of his hands and claw-like wounds on his right arm, were not consistent with being struck by a car.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The man had cuts to his nose, facial swelling and a black eye, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025
The autopsy found skull fractures, brain bleeding, swollen black eyes and cuts to his right arm, but the forensic pathologist held off on calling it a homicide.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Her lawyers argued that O’Keefe’s injuries, including two black eyes, skull fractures, cuts on his face and on the back of his hands and claw-like wounds on his right arm, were not consistent with being struck by a car.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The man had cuts to his nose, facial swelling and a black eye, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20eye. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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