black eye
noun
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According to a probable cause affidavit written by SJPD homicide detectives, an acquaintance of the three defendants told police that sometime in April, the victim fought and inflicted a black eye on Flores-Gonzalez.
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
Photos of her black eye, which were previously entered into evidence, show a massive purple, bordering on black, bruise that extends from her eyelid to the top of her left cheekbone.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors said Grimes was beaten to death and tortured, suffering from multiple lacerations to her head, two black eyes, and a broken arm, ribs and nose.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
His career sprouted from a little white lie and a big black eye.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
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Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
Photos of her black eye, which were previously entered into evidence, show a massive purple, bordering on black, bruise that extends from her eyelid to the top of her left cheekbone.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors said Grimes was beaten to death and tortured, suffering from multiple lacerations to her head, two black eyes, and a broken arm, ribs and nose.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
His career sprouted from a little white lie and a big black eye.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20eye. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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