eye
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When store managers who work in close proximity—say, at the Chicago and Wilmette locations—go on their quarterly buying trips to Paris, they keep an eye on whether the inventory they choose overlaps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
In the meantime it's a sportsman's bet where the roving eye of the bond markets will focus next.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Here are four things we don’t know about the Dodgers, but well worth keeping an eye on:
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
"As a society, we should look at where we are failing our children, and what we can do to keep a closer eye on them and what they're doing."
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
All day, Phineas must keep an eye on his diggers to make sure they keep up.
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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Examples are: the double negative with ne; eyen, lenger, doen, ycladd, harrowd, purchas, raught, seely, stowre, swinge, owch, and withouten.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
“Mistress Philippa, you be the fairest ointment for the eyen that I have seen these many days!” said the lively little Flemish lady.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
I wolde I had Robyn Hode, With eyen I myght hym se.
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
Greet her well, the sweetë thing, With eyen gray!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
She says he smiled at her then the light went out of his eyes.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Our two eyes observe the world from slightly different positions, helping the brain distinguish nearby objects from those farther away.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
In one photo, Berlant, fresh from glam, seduces the camera; in the other, her face contorts into a rascally grin, eyes half-crossed for effect.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
The title is adapted by people who have never set eyes on the book to describe unpredictable behavior or contrasting appearances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Fourteen days after the accident, Phineas develops a huge abscess under the skin just above his eyes.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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In petticoat of green, Her hair about her eyne, Phillis, beneath an oak, Sat milking her fair flock.
From Tudor and Stuart Love Songs by John Potter Briscoe
"Alas!" the younger sister said, "Say then, What is the likeness of this first of men; What sayest thou about his loving eyne, Are his locks black, or golden-red as thine?"
From The Earthly Paradise A Poem by William Morris
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 every kiss I call you mine, Tell me, my dear, how pure, how brave Our child will be! what velvet eyne, What bonny hair our child will have!
From Silverpoints by John Gray
Sayt cydaunt a la tere qe tere soit sauve . . . . . . . eyne de tere ou tere est benure.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
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
“We are also clear eyed about the important work still ahead,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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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Sharman is also eyeing a run in 2028.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The U.K. government has said it wants the platform to “act as a stepping stone for companies eyeing a listing in future preparing and easing the journey to an IPO.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
And Tesla is eyeing autonomous San Francisco airport rides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
One of the native men sees me eyeing the bread, and he laughs.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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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
“Rowdy,” I said, eying Gandy, “I think this is a good time to get even with that old goose for all the times he has pecked us, don’t you?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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