bird's-eye
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His film takes a bird’s-eye approach to conflict, carefully studying how the systems set in place for our common good, on either side of the party or religious lines, can cause plenty of damage, too.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Silden’s goggles gave him a bird’s-eye view of the terrain as he piloted the drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
With his bird's-eye view of the contest, Vuletic says the contest will weather this controversy, as it has done many times before.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
For that reason, I suggest you enlist independent third-party help: a fee-only fiduciary who can give you a bird’s-eye view of your finances and who has no incentive to sell you another policy.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
A bird’s-eye view of ten or a dozen of the principal pueblos, then a landing for lunch in the valley of Malpais.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
The bird’s-eyes bright; Pink-tipp’d daisies; sorrel red, Drooping o’er the lark’s green bed; Oxlips; glazed buttercups, Out of which the wild bee sups; See! they dance about thy feet!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
Logs of great value, having bird's-eyes, have often unsuspectingly been chopped up for fire wood.
From Wood and Forest by William Noyes
The little blossoms have a peculiarly fresh and winsome look, and are called "bird's-eyes" by the children.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
They were a beautiful blue, not like any other blue, not like the violets in the garden, or the sky over the trees, or the geranium in the grass, or the bird's-eyes by the path.
From The Open Air by Richard Jefferies
