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Recent Examples of black eye
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
His career sprouted from a little white lie and a big black eye.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Related Articles Pink’s glam harkened back to her pop rock roots, with heavy black eye shadow and bold brows.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 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
His career sprouted from a little white lie and a big black eye.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Related Articles Pink’s glam harkened back to her pop rock roots, with heavy black eye shadow and bold brows.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black eye
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Robertas Petraitis, known from Lithuania’s 2026 Oscar contender The Southern Chronicles, stars as Andrius, who is full of grief and guilt after a masked intruder kills his secret lover Deividas (Elvinas Juodkazis), who is Lithuania’s most influential human rights activist.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Baramulla ultimately transcends its supernatural thriller form to become a parable about guilt, faith, and collective memory.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
8 Nov. 2025
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Blood from my knee painted more red down a canvas of a million smaller scratches.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Different types of objects have been successfully 3D printed in space, but making functional human tissue from scratch — blood vessels, for example — requires special innovation.—
Jessica Rendall,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Phillips also found sufficient evidence to determine that Weaver violated policy by making remarks to the officer and the Heritage Creek police chief that brought discredit upon him as a member of LMPD.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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Messaging must make distinctions, but also avoid getting lost in parenthetic abstractions or potentially easier-to-discredit targets.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Less abrasion on the surface helps denim maintain its color.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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Starting guard Reese Dixon-Waters was a full practice participant two days after missing the 77-45 victory against Long Beach State with a corneal abrasion in his eye that necessitated a trip to the emergency room followed by appointments with ophthalmologists.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Khan isn’t the first Pakistani prime minister whose legal ignominy is tied to jewelry.—
Rafia Zakaria,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Palhinha’s goal at least saved them from the ignominy of that.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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But Spoelstra also understands that there will be more bumps along the road for Ware as a player still early in his second NBA season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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Many professionals would jump at the idea of helming a billion-dollar company—after all, the top job comes with power, prestige, and a sizable pay bump.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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That dishonor belongs to Clinton’s pardon, just before leaving office, of fugitive financier Marc Rich in 2001.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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But if the war in Ukraine ends with the nation’s future largely in the hands of its invader, the very idea that Trump is deserving of the prize would be a dishonor.—
Luke McGee,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Active anthill, choreographed by collision warning systems,music arranged by sonics of bumps and scrapes.—
Leslie Simon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Watching Rome, Shiv, and Ken attempt to battle, scrape, and betray their way into their father’s heart—and, conversely, seeing Logan withhold, meter out, and blaspheme his version of love back at them—propelled Succession through four glorious seasons.—
John Ortved,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20eye. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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