black eye
noun
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But how to rationalize the black eye to CBS News and its signature news show 60 Minutes?
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 July 2025
One of them, huge and hulking, had scrapes all across his chest, a gash on his leg, and an impressive black eye.
—Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
O'Keefe was found at about 6 a.m. local time in Albert's front yard with two black eyes and deep cuts on the back of his head and right arm.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 21 June 2025
The weekend's upsets serve as a black eye for the SEC.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 July 2025
One of them, huge and hulking, had scrapes all across his chest, a gash on his leg, and an impressive black eye.
—Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
O'Keefe was found at about 6 a.m. local time in Albert's front yard with two black eyes and deep cuts on the back of his head and right arm.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 21 June 2025
The weekend's upsets serve as a black eye for the SEC.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for black eye
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20eye. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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