black eye

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Recent Examples of black eye Hopper appears to have two black eyes in the booking photo attached to his jail record in Shelby County. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024 Then two sets of eyebrow tattoos are added before the black eye and lip makeup are applied. Jack Dunn, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024 The fastest electric vehicle chargers got a public black eye because stations were hard to locate and about 80% reliable. Sue Saunders, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024 The spacecraft leaked helium on its recent outward journey, and some of its thrusters failed — another black eye for a company that was once the stand-in for quality engineering. Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for black eye 
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Noun
  • This sense of exclusion can spark feelings of guilt or frustration, especially when your friend experiences significant life moments without your immediate involvement.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Ibarra's defense attorney, Dustin Kirby, had argued the prosecution's evidence against his client was circumstantial and did not prove his guilt.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Why Black Boxes Definitely Don’t Exist In MMMs Most providers in the market today did not build their MMM from scratch.
    Cody Greco, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The town was created from scratch some thirty years ago to accommodate Zhanbay residents.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This diplomatic stalemate discredits moderates and plays into the hands of extremists on both sides who refuse to make the concessions that any viable peace treaty will require.
    Ehud Yaari, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2010
  • Only Keynesians ascribe an ability of governments to increase demand, but that’s to the everlasting discredit of Keynesianism.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Warm Hands Beyond Guide Glove $135 at Beyond Clothing Leather gloves give you much better grip, dexterity, and abrasion resistance than synthetic alternatives.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
  • As the month progressed Prince incurred more bruises and abrasions and began vomiting.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Atlanta pitchers allowed a season-high 20 hits Thursday and at least 16 hits in all three games, the first time that’s happened to the Braves in 90 years, since the 1934 Boston Braves endured the ignominy.
    David O'Brien, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • But ignominy was the best place for Ilyin to hang his historical hat.
    Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2015
Noun
  • The App Store’s charts reward a combination of the number of installs and the pace of those installs, alongside other metrics, so this bump also has to do with Bluesky’s rate of growth, not just the sheer number of app downloads alone.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Similarly to acne, this condition can cause bumps to be more inflamed than others.
    Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Macbeth’s themes of deceit and dishonor sit squarely within the director's filmography while also crafting one of the most atmospheric and affecting Shakespeare works to date.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
  • For some families, failing to provide an elaborate wedding can lead to dishonor or even death.
    Ira Trivedi, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2015
Noun
  • But then, about a half-mile from the trailhead, the Jeep in front of us slowed, and in front of the Jeep was someone in a Honda Civic negotiating a very tricky-for-a-sedan spot in the road, backing up, re-orienting, pulling forward, backing up again, and then sending it, with nary a scrape.
    Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2024
  • It may also be applied to a shallow scrape or wound to kill bacteria that could cause skin infections.1 Chlorhexidine works by destroying the protective covering of bacterial cells.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 Nov. 2024

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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20eye. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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