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Now, rather than entertaining a group of a dozen or so glassy-eyed onlookers at Lawrence’s, Marty was performing for packed stadiums.
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Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
Whole Fried Fish at Bong The fish—dorade, on my visits—arrives intact, glassy-eyed and gorgeous, its skin scored into diamonds and crispy as the top of a crème brûlée.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
There were plenty of glassy-eyed, thousand-yard stares in the visitors locker room at American Airlines Center after the Colorado Avalanche yielded a two-goal lead in the final 13 minutes in a 4-2 loss to the rival Stars.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
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Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
Whole Fried Fish at Bong The fish—dorade, on my visits—arrives intact, glassy-eyed and gorgeous, its skin scored into diamonds and crispy as the top of a crème brûlée.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
There were plenty of glassy-eyed, thousand-yard stares in the visitors locker room at American Airlines Center after the Colorado Avalanche yielded a two-goal lead in the final 13 minutes in a 4-2 loss to the rival Stars.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Glassy-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glassy-eyed. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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