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Recent Examples of black eye
Annual cicadas have dark green to black bodies with green-veined wings and black eyes and are larger.
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Great white: The ocean’s largest predatory fish at up to 21 feet, great whites occasionally appear near North Carolina beaches in winter and spring, and is characterized by its white belly, black eyes and triangular teeth.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
As the thinking goes, the company took a black eye with last year’s Wolfs.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Detectives walked him out of the NYPD 84th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon — during which he was seen sporting a large black eye.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Great white: The ocean’s largest predatory fish at up to 21 feet, great whites occasionally appear near North Carolina beaches in winter and spring, and is characterized by its white belly, black eyes and triangular teeth.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
As the thinking goes, the company took a black eye with last year’s Wolfs.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Detectives walked him out of the NYPD 84th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon — during which he was seen sporting a large black eye.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black eye
Noun
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There's a lot of guilt … a ton of fear, but there's also deep gratitude.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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Wood sent to prison after violating probation A Jan. 1, 2010, incident — five months after his initial probation ended — led to an admission of guilt by Wood.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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Instead of developing its own native system from scratch, Renault uses a Google operating system.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Writing your own code (from scratch, at least,) has become quaint.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
15 July 2025
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Extreme unfairness erodes trust, discredits markets, and invites rebellion.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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No discredit to Gene Sarazen, but that was a completely different era.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Strong as a Board Courtesy of Dyneema Thanks to that outer layer of Dyneema, the new Woven Composite has 10 times the abrasion resistance and five times the tear resistance of the older fabric.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
16 July 2025
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Additionally, Ozcan noted how graphene provides high abrasion resistance and thermal regulation.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
4 June 2025
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That ignominy goes to Audi, with an embarrassing 269 problems reported per 100 vehicles.—
Carlton Reid,
Wired News,
13 July 2025
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Schmidt has never been one to be publicly introspective about the state of his team, and now, as the Rockies head towards baseball ignominy, outclassed by a team a year removed from its own shameful moment, that was clearly not about to change.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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The bump pushed Netflix’s share of all TV use up to 8.3 percent, versus 7.5 percent in May.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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In June, food prices rose 0.3%, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics—about the same as April, and slightly faster than May’s 0.1% bump.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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There will be no disgrace or dishonor if they get rolled by the defending champs in the second round.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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To remove the web page of a Medal of Honor recipient, in this case awarded by President Nixon, dishonors all the military and their families.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Mar. 2025
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One person suffered a broken ankle while seven others were transported to a hospital with cuts and scrapes.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
18 July 2025
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One person suffered a broken ankle, seven people were transported to the hospital with cuts and scrapes, and one person declined transport.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20eye. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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