black eye
Example Sentences
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Still, the instant discount is something of a black eye, since it means investors who lined up to buy the fund at launch are already underwater.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
The play was such a black eye that it was widely credited with putting an end to the standoff between the NFL and its referees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“I’m not looking to change the face of rock and roll,” Garcia said, “but maybe we’ll put a couple stitches in, give it a black eye, so to speak.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 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
Her red hair was piled haphazardly on top of her head, and she was sporting an impressive black eye from our combat training that day.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
