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eye

[ahy] / aɪ /


NOUN
optical organ of an animate being
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Despite them keeping a watchful eye on Noah, they said they were fearful for his safety and cannot rest.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Take care of your health and your finances, and keep your eye out for a customer-service job.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Langley said that initially she was wary of what exactly she’d signed up for, stepping into the public eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

What constitutes marketing engineering is in the eye of employers and workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

He stalked into the dense woods, drawing his hood low over his one glowing eye.

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

"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

And a well-looked man he was, not o’er young, belike, but rare goodly his hair fair and his eyen shining grey,—somewhat like to yours, my Lady.”

From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt

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

Tears fell out of his eyen two, He would have gone his way.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

I’m driving down Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles, listening to Matt’s proposal over my car speaker, my eyes blurry from crying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

So far in 2026, TLT has declined more than 10%, setting up a clear opportunity in the eyes of many retail investors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Measles is highly contagious, causing high fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes, followed by a rash.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the low-lighted galleries, painted black, deep purple and green, Evans’s proliferating eyes flitted between predators and prey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Trembling, I inch closer to the blunt head and beady eyes.

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

Blod and water yer come owte at ye wonde, and he wyppyd hys eyne and anon he sawgh kyth thorowgh ye vertu of yat God.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence

Alas, that ever with mine eyne I should see this sight!

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

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

Sayt cydaunt a la tere qe tere soit sauve . . . . . . . eyne de tere ou tere est benure.

From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various

He feels from Juda's land         The dreaded Infant's hand,     The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne:         Nor all the gods beside         Dare longer there abide,     Not Typhon huge ending in snaky twine.

From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Alexander Smith

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

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Shein had also eyed a listing in London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Braced against the counter, Cecilia eyed the knife and then us, taking in our determined faces.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

The companies are planning major initial public offerings, with Anthropic reportedly eyeing a valuation of as much as $2 trillion.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 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

While Aiello helped tap Nee, who is embracing growth, he eventually started eyeing an exit for a boutique more in line with his ethos, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Armand Duplantis singing before eyeing another world record.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

At other times she walked the streets, eyeing potential drop sites and meeting places.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

The arai snarled and circled, eying the broom.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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