in the public eye
idiom
: in a position that receives a lot of public notice and attention
The job requires someone who is comfortable being in the public eye.
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Adams said she’s done her part by giving media interviews to keep her brother’s situation in the public eye.
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Andrew Dys, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, has lived much of her adult life in the public eye — first as Miss Arizona USA, later as a ministry leader and entrepreneur, and most recently as a wife and mother who shared her husband’s outspoken Christian faith.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
For nearly three decades after, Hubert and Smith occasionally feuded in the public eye.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
From that point on, the couple was not shy about being together in the public eye.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Dys, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, has lived much of her adult life in the public eye — first as Miss Arizona USA, later as a ministry leader and entrepreneur, and most recently as a wife and mother who shared her husband’s outspoken Christian faith.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
For nearly three decades after, Hubert and Smith occasionally feuded in the public eye.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
From that point on, the couple was not shy about being together in the public eye.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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“In the public eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20public%20eye. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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