eye
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She showed that we are all more alike than we are different, and that it’s easier to see eye to eye when you aren’t looking past one another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The other marquee pairing of Williams and Alcaraz lasted longer, with Williams in particular catching the eye in their first round win.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
You will also need to keep an eye on your Medicare premiums, which are in part based on your income.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
His eye grants us access to a major aesthetic sensibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
I see Grandma from the corner of my eye, studying me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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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 the second were, that he were like the folk in this vicinage, with his golden hair and grey eyen.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
Than anone the eyre beganne to wax clere, and the sonne to shyne fayre and bright, the which was right in the frenchmens eyen and on thenglysshmens backes.
From Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) by Various
How kind are the awful eyen that no foeman durst behold!
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris
But lo, the love of his eyen, and the kindness of his face!
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris
“I wanted to be Arthur Ashe,” he says, his brown eyes intense behind his thick-lensed glasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Sad day. But it opened my eyes to, this isn’t just fun all the time. The fun has to end at some point.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 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
But he only had eyes for the electrical setup in one corner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Grandma and I have the same complexion and the same eyes.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Come, thou monarch of the Vine, Plumpy Bacchus, with pink eyne!
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
The evening comes and brings the dew along, The ruddy welkin sheeneth to the eyne; Around the ale stake minstrels sing their song; Young ivy round the door-post doth entwine.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Donald G. Mitchell
For the napkin had fallen away from the staring eyne, and I shuddered at the rasping echo of his words.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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
Shakespeare says, "the cat with eyne of burning coal," and in Middleton's Witch, Act III.,
From Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured by Harrison Weir
In Canada, jobs data for June will be keenly eyed on Friday following strong figures in the previous month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
When Díaz underwent the procedure to remove loose bodies from his elbow in late April, the Dodgers eyed a post-All-Star break return.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Though he's "not praying for hat-tricks", many would have been asking the man above for a favour or two as Scotland eyed up their first World Cup win in 36 years.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
The EU has long eyed India -- the world's most populous nation -- as a key market.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The boys eyed one another as if they were not sure how a partnership would work out.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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Newsom has been eyeing a 2028 presidential run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
But as September approaches, they’re eyeing the calendar.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
The shop is also eyeing food sales with “a new back-to-school lunch basket with 10 high-protein lunches for under $2.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Now, software vendors are eyeing outcome-based monetization, charging customers only when the software delivers a specific, measurable business result.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Molly tore it down from the board, eyeing it quickly before folding it up and shoving it into her pocket.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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
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
Yossarian nodded weakly too, eying his talented roommate with great humility and admiration.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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