sharp-eyed
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The commander of the navy's mine countermeasures group – a wry, sharp-eyed young man who goes by the callsign Fox – estimates the number of sea mines is in the thousands.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
Luke Kirtley, a sharp-eyed coffee roaster in the building, said he spotted their car in the parking lot and called 911.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024
A sharp-eyed colleague noted that some of the bones the archaeologists had thought belonged to the crypt’s inhabitant were actually covered in fine carvings, likely made using volcanic obsidian glass.
From National Geographic • Jan. 26, 2024
His sharp-eyed takes won him a Pulitzer for criticism in 1988.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
A sharp-eyed Inspector would have been suspicious of those battered papers, but there were few sharp eyes here.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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