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Recent Examples of bleary-eyed
But no one was thrilled with the new appointment time, least of all a bleary-eyed Williams.
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Sean Gregory, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Within minutes, 47 frustrated engineers flood the war room, followed by dozens of emergency calls and bleary-eyed troubleshooting.
—Karthik Sj, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Of course, as any bleary-eyed obsessive knows, the real guy is most likely dead at this point, but don’t call filmmaker Charlie Shackleton late to the game.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article For the first six years of his head coaching career, Tom Craft arrived at Palomar College’s football practices bleary-eyed and covered in plaster and drywall dust.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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Sean Gregory, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Within minutes, 47 frustrated engineers flood the war room, followed by dozens of emergency calls and bleary-eyed troubleshooting.
—Karthik Sj, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Of course, as any bleary-eyed obsessive knows, the real guy is most likely dead at this point, but don’t call filmmaker Charlie Shackleton late to the game.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article For the first six years of his head coaching career, Tom Craft arrived at Palomar College’s football practices bleary-eyed and covered in plaster and drywall dust.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleary-eyed
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In the middle stands utterly human Léa, who has the sweetly befuddled air, wild mane, and wide eyes of a young Carol Kane.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2025
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Aira is the befuddled target of some ribbing from a group of other company members, Ching, Mia, Jessica, Fabian, Orlando, Loy, Ralph, Jorge, who are here to show support and, most important, to catch up with one another.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Paul finds himself in a work crisis that puts the lifestyle of Julie and their rebellious son Russ (Simon Webster) in jeopardy, leading Julie back to the dopey sweetness of Carey.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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Directed in typical, perfectly trashy fashion by Paul W.S. Anderson and featuring an impressively (and surely unnecessarily) emotional and committed lead performance from Sanaa Lathan, this is a dopey, fun movie that absolutely understood the assignment.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
9 June 2025
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Researchers have recently taken a closer look at the role of the immune system in provoking those crapulous mornings.—
Jesse Hawley,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2021
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The memory ends with the image of my friend squatting, crapulous, and dumping her purse on the sidewalk.—
Justin Torres,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2021
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Marvin Burks and Dre Norwood seek redemption At strong safety, junior Marvin Burks Jr. returns after a rocky 2024 season.—
Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
10 July 2025
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Gallen has been electric during his career, but has had a rocky season to this point with the Diamondbacks.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Several years from now, however, if scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center have their way, some chinook salmon will be chasing a very different scent: the rich, beery bouquet of brewer’s yeast.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 July 2023
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In a beery bromance Instagram video posted on Monday (May 15), Combs taught Sheeran how to shotgun a beer.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 May 2023
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“Bleary-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleary-eyed. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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