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eye

[ahy] / aɪ /


NOUN
optical organ of an animate being
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Investors will be keeping an eye on inflation data this week with the consumer price index slated for Tuesday and the producer price index due out on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Several medical studies have detected a link between taking one of the popular medications and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, a rare eye condition that causes vision loss that is often permanent.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

U.S. regulators are requiring the makers of blockbuster drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound to include warnings about a rare eye condition that can cause permanent vision loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Clara Barbero from Canada believes Labubus are a "dead trend" but is still keeping an eye out for interesting releases.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Slowly, skeptically, Clare removed his monocle and closed the distance between his eye hollow and the swirling darkness.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

The fearful mothers on the walls their eyen after sent, Following the dusty cloud of them and ranks of glittering brass.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris

Belike she never heard him; she lay in her misery, And the slow tears gushed from her eyen and nought of the world would she see.

From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris

O woe for the well-watched Signy, how often on that day Must she send her helpless eyen adown the woodland way!

From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris

"Dear Rosenbusch," the voice began again, at last, eyen a little more tenderly than before.

From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II by Paul Heyse

These "were collected in times that had different ethics, different thinking, which was not unproblematic when we look at it with the eyes of today", she said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

True, leaving three children the $1 million house in her will is one way to make them whole, in their eyes.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

“I was like, I know his eyes are getting big,” Garrett said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Crossing the street the other day, I caught a glimpse of a man standing still in the sunlight, face tilted to the sky, eyes closed, his arms outstretched as if in worship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

My eyes land on Alex, one of the best violinists in our sophomore year.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

For licht wis the laughter in bonny Kinreen, An' licht wis the footfa' that glanced o'er the green, An' licht ware the hearts a' an' lichtsome the eyne, Och hey, Kinreen o' the Dee!

From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various

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

‘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

Pules it in the candle light Wi' a cheek so lean and white, Chinkling up its eyne so wee, Wailing shrill at her an' me.

From Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems by Walter De la Mare

Bloom reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings last month, although investors eyed its spending and negative cash flow.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

It is why Bayern could not contemplate his departure as other clubs eyed his next move - and why the announcement Kane is staying casts ripples far beyond Munich.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

It centered on South Carolina, one of the states Navatek eyed for a rapid expansion.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Many anxiously eyed a recent price crash in Malaysia, blamed on an unusually bumper harvest.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

She eyed the boy and Maya-Jade and then through her teeth hissed a singsong “What are they doing here?” to Julio.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

The chain has one location in Arizona and is eyeing expansion into other states, a spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Heavyweight superstar Oleksandr Usyk is eyeing a return to cruiserweight to fight David Benavidez before retiring from boxing, says his adviser Sergey Lapin.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Meta’s core advertising business delivered a strong quarter, but investors are now eyeing promising new businesses around the Muse personal assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Musk is also eyeing auto growth, projecting production of five million in 2030 compared with 1.7 million in 2025.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

They cover their mouths and whisper, eyeing me through the door like they can’t wait to catch me alone.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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

Voters from more than 100 countries followed the action at Katmai's Brooks River through live web streams, where bears can be seen scooping up salmon and eying up their competition.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025

Mother was eying the boat, the canned goods, and perhaps the whole of our future.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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