black eye
Example Sentences
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It would also be a black eye for FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, which has advertised high-end food and beverage service in the stadium’s suites while charging thousands of dollars for tickets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
That naturally contributes to the fund’s volatility, and in the past led to a significant black eye.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The retraction is also a black eye for the Network for Greening the Financial System, a group of central banks and financial regulators that incorporated the study’s projections into its bank climate stress test scenarios.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
He recovers from that brush with death by slapping bandages on his face and sunglasses over his black eye to downplay the damage, a la Jack Nicholson’s Jake in “Chinatown.”
From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025
For once her false eyelashes were on straight, and she had heavy black eye makeup that made her eyes look long and mysterious.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
