eye
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Keep an eye on the monthly outlook for our latest thoughts on the long-range forecast.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The firm has also been accused of obscuring its production processes from the public eye.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The findings could also help guide research into eye diseases including macular degeneration and glaucoma.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Because of its high fat content, A5 Wagyu cooks quickly—placing the meat at the center of your pan and cooking it with an eye toward medium-rare is a good approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
His left eye looks intact, but the vision has gradually faded away.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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He was going to visit around town for a while, might eyen take a look at Abraham Lincoln's tomb, while Stevenson made up his mind about tidelands.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And his eyen were nothing dimmer than on many a joyous tide.
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris
Sore were their hearts and salt their eyen as Roderick rode by; “There goes a worthy vassal who has known bad mastery.”
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
No medicine of thee, O Luke, I seek, Though thou art a physician, and I sick: Th' example of thy faith before my eyen, To me, physician, is the medicine.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
Only the intellect, withouten more, That dwelled in his herte sike and sore, Gan feillen, when the herte felte deth; Dusked his eyen two, and failled his breth.
From Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
But for anyone to dive deeper, the movie first had to get people’s eyes.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
When EsDeeKid, who raps with a Scouse accent and only ever reveals his eyes, burst on to the scene last year everyone was convinced he was Timothée Chalamet.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
He has strained his eyes writing stories in the dark in a deserted gym.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Their cloudy-looking eyes can appear almost lifeless, and parasites are often found attached directly to the eyeballs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
He rolls his eyes, but at least he attempts to smile.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Range the brown hair, it blinds her eyne, Dash cold water over her face!
From Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt
Come, thou monarch of the Vine, Plumpy Bacchus, with pink eyne!
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
‘I’ve sene lord, and I’ve sene laird, And knights of high degree, Bot a fairer face than Young Waters Mine eyne did never see.’
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Frank Sidgwick
Explain the use and form of eyne, edified, afflicted, weeds, Hebean, impe, compeld, areeds, blazon, ycladd.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
Matthew Roydon wrote of his patron, Sir Philip Sidney: His personage seemed most divine, A thousand graces one might count Upon his lovely cheerful eyne.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
Their alliance is an unusual one between well-known names in industries that have eyed each other warily since the advent of models that can generate audio, images and video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Over half of U.S. companies are losing sales due to policy restrictions; new U.S. tariffs are expected, with Xi’s September visit eyed for clarity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
This time around, Sonenshein noted, political heavyweights such as real estate developer Rick Caruso and county Supervisor Lindsey Horvath eyed the contest only to stay out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Roboticists have eyed the garment manufacturing industry for decades.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
She eyed me, and again, I felt that she could see right down inside me, to the foolishness and greed that had gotten me into so much trouble.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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But as September approaches, they’re eyeing the calendar.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
For the restaurant’s next venture, he said he’s eyeing Australia, Singapore and Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“This demand for injection could support pricing into the fall—particularly if producers eyeing the same contango shape production to better capture higher realized pricing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
With summer in full swing, affluent buyers with cash to burn may be eyeing second homes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Listen, Odilia, I think we should rest,” Juanita whispered, eyeing the twins, whose eyes were closed in genuine exhaustion.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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He told AFP that VW was eying other Asian countries and South America as places that might be receptive to its China-developed offerings.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
The company is eying a potentially blockbuster initial public offering that could draw more attention to the space sector.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
General Catalyst is eying call centers and rental companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
Labubu maker Pop Mart has doubled its profits in the last year and is eying up global expansion in 2025.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025
Then she pulled away, eying my blue plaid shirt.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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