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googly

[goo-glee] / ˈgu gli /


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Wearing a handmade sock puppet with large googly eyes she found at Walmart, Esquivel read “Snuggle Puppy!” in a high-pitched voice as her teenage daughter recorded.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

They also remind him of the late comic actor Marty Feldman, whose googly eyes shot off in different directions.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

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

Kerr snaffled two wickets in two balls as she bowled both Perry and Grace Harris through the gate with her googly - something England's Sarah Glenn may have watched with interest.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2024

Then Harry sang “Beautiful Dreamer” while Miss Goodacre made googly eyes at him.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Brook and Livingstone were bowled by his googlies and afterwards the only boundaries were hit by England's skipper until one by Adil Rashid in the 19th over.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2025

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

From BBC Dec. 19, 2022

Sky subscriptions may be buoyant and ITV may have clambered out of the ditch, but it is not for nothing that media execs mutter about a certain tech giant bowling them googlies.

From The Guardian Aug. 26, 2011

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

When people try googlies on Sandham You can see he will soon understand 'em; With a laugh at their slows He will murmur, "Here goes," And over the railings will land 'em.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman




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