eye-opening
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A recent impromptu comment to a stranger I met in our local gym gave me eye-opening insights into how someone whose political views are very different from mine can rationally justify his opinions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
It was eye-opening to realize just how many women, mostly, belong to book clubs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Sen. Frank Church of Idaho – held extensive hearings that included eye-opening testimony about clandestine U.S. intelligence activities abroad and domestically.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
And yet, “there are several eye-opening charts from areas that have seen huge moves—either up or down—of late,” writes Frank Cappelleri, founder of the technical-analysis research shop CappThesis.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
He took me at the word, and we had an eye-opening plunge in the spring-cold flood of the swift little river at the mouth of our ravine.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
