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googly

[goo-glee] / ˈgu gli /


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Kurata also did the ensembles for the Oscar-nominated “Everything Everywhere All at Once” with its wardrobe of googly eyes and Elvis jumpsuits.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

“We didn’t want googly eyes on the robot, nothing like that. So it did kind of surprise us when people seemed to feel very nurturing towards their robots.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

Not long after that, they saw the first bootleg merchandise: a toy version of Mico, el Micófono, a character that is just a microphone with googly eyes that street vendors could easily replicate.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

An Australian teenager has faced court for allegedly defacing a large blue sculpture of a mythical creature by sticking googly eyes on it.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2025

Otto stomped back to the bike, while Sheed made his final googly eyes.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

"There was this little kid who bowled leg-spin, googlies and top-spinners. It was like Shane Warne."

From BBC May 31, 2023

Ahmed grew in confidence, bounding in, landing dipping leg-breaks and dangerous googlies.

From BBC Dec. 19, 2022

It's hard, well hard, serving us a diet of beamers, googlies and curve balls while we try and guard our stumps with a mivvi.

From The Guardian Feb. 17, 2013

Where until recently the Emerald Isle's saloons echoed to vociferous debate about economic downturns, the recent general election and mass emigration, the talk now is almost exclusively of right-arm spin, leg-breaks and googlies.

From The Guardian Mar. 5, 2011

Ultimately, he fixed upon the bowling of googlies.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor




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