eye opener
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Bill Shaikin’s column on the upcoming Major League Baseball player-owner negotiations was an eye opener.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2025
“That was an eye opener for me, that it was such a big effect.”
From Science Magazine • Apr. 4, 2024
“That is absolutely not something that I see stopping. I do hope that this is an eye opener, as Sandy Hook was, for a push on the federal level,” she said.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2022
“If it’s an eye opener for somebody — so be it,” Sergeant Talarico said recently at his home in Pennsauken, N.J., about five miles northeast of Camden.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022
While Johnny was inside getting his eyes opened, Neeley and Francie pondered how a night cap could also be an eye opener.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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