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As soon as they saw it, they couldn’t unsee it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
But the best compliment I can pay Early is that, while you never quite unsee his jawline and strategic padding, his total commitment is such that it swings you over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Now that we’ve unearthed these lines, we can’t unsee them.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025
The insight that Burana speaks of is painfully omnidirectional, and we can also never unsee what we now know about some of the people closest to us — or the agenda they're willing to support.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2024
I couldn’t unsee it, oh my God, someone save me from myself, I couldn’t unsee his face.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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Daniel, with his unseeing yet piercing gaze, turns out to be the conscience of this story, which doesn’t mean that he, his memories or his eventual testimony can be entirely trusted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
It poised, tensed, on the landscape of shelterless rocks, While there, close beside, the still unseeing fox Was only a hare’s-breath away.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
Our bodies are paralyzed during REM sleep, except our unseeing eyes, which still flit around behind sealed lids, like captive butterflies.
From Slate ● May 28, 2018
Few characters in ballet make as lasting an impression as the Sleepwalker, an enigmatic character with long, flowing hair who makes her unseeing entrance on point, holding a candle.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2017
Then the blind man raised his head, and it seemed to the young man as if the unseeing eyes were staring right into his soul.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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Instead of Gods like Poseidon and Zeus playing an integral role in the story, they are left as unseen forces that motivate the characters’ actions.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
At one point, they came upon previously unseen photographs from Saar’s early career as a costume mistress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The argument is that the success of last year convinced Williams they could push their build start date later to enhance development, only to find that weaknesses previously unseen were exposed.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Instead, these legendary predators may still be quietly patrolling the region's waters, largely unseen.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Petey, unable to resist, stepped from behind the backdrop, hoping to snatch his letter unseen.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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