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bird's-eye

[burdz-ahy] / ˈbɜrdzˌaɪ /




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He shifts effortlessly between bird’s-eye panoramas of battles and empires and close-up historical family dramas or images of himself rumbling along in a truck on dirt roads to visit the sites where things happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Those sitting in the second tier and gallery had a breathtaking bird's-eye view of the action as Jonas hit the canvas in the ninth after a slip.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

You have a bird’s-eye view in some scenes.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2025

“The title sequence of ‘Gilmore Girls’ also captures the feeling of fall, with its bird’s-eye view of a small-town scene surrounded by the warm hues of fall leaves,” Davidson says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024

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