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eye

[ahy] / aɪ /


NOUN
optical organ of an animate being
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But an up and down second half included a short stint in the injured list, as the team kept an eye on his workload, and a move to the bullpen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

They can change things in the blink of an eye, so imperceptibly that users will barely notice a change if at all.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

It might say, “Your blood pressure is worth keeping an eye on,” and give instructions for measuring with a cuff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and several other major causes of permanent vision loss are associated with the accumulation of fluid, metabolic waste, and inflammatory material in the back of the eye.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

His eye shot open just as, in the distant forest, the emerald light of Progress clapped out.

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

Maybe you are somewhat like as yet unto him whose eyen Christ touched, that at first he could not tell betwixt men and trees.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt

A hugye giaunt stiffe and starke, All foule of limbe and lere; Two goggling eyen like fire farden, A mouthe from eare to eare.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies

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

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

They are “cartoons” in the eyes of “regular adults.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Alas," she continued, confirming her fidelity as tears appeared in eyes around the table: "It may mean I am not a phenomenal actor."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

I begin to drift back to sleep, when my eyes shoot open.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

"The theory of change is they would actually be able to look with clearer eyes," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Not looking at me, his eyes fixed on the horizon, Father says warmly, “Play your harmonica, Will. Please, play it for me.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

While he, perhaps, with larger eyne, Was pleased, instead of vexed, at seeing Some little petulance in mine, And loved me all the more, for being; Not too divine.

From Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

He is slye and wittie, and seeth so sharpely that he overcommeth darknes of the nighte by the shyninge lyghte of his eyne.

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

I smiled upon her with my bonniest, blithest eyne.

From The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland

"She has no time To looken backe, her eyne be fixed before."

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 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

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

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Then he eyed the canvas tote bag where I’d stashed a notepad and some audio gear.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

To my right, a black bear cub eyed me curiously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

Beside her, the jokomoto had suddenly gone unnervingly still as he eyed the growing fire.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

A $135,000 apartment he had been eyeing in 2019 was taken off the market during the early part of the pandemic, then relisted and eventually sold for $305,000.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Little wonder that car makers are jealously eyeing soaring defence budgets across Europe.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Lynn looked toward the ground and was eyeing Highland or Los Feliz for a makeshift landing spot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Canada is eyeing ways to informally lock into Europe’s $21 trillion market so goods, services and workers in strategic industries like energy, AI and defense can move frictionlessly across the Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Must I drool like Chow Chow, eyeing each mouthful until someone is good and ready to toss a scrap my way?

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

President Trump has so far brushed off questions about whether he is eying a similar operation in Cuba.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

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

The arai snarled and circled, eying the broom.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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