all eyes

idiom

: very attentive
She was all eyes as I opened the box.

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With most of the crucial pieces in place in the executive branch, all eyes should be turning toward the Congress, which is tasked with crafting new, holistic, clarifying, durable legislation that will provide realistic and reasonable parameters for operating in this space. Dan Ikenson, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 On Sunday, at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, all eyes are on Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau in a captivating rematch of last year's U.S. Open, where DeChambeau narrowly defeated McIlroy by just one stroke. Juliana Kim, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025 Former champ surges; Rose starts to wilt While all eyes are on McIlroy and DeChambeau after the third round Saturday, Zach Johnson, the 2007 Masters champion, flew up the leaderboard after posting a 66 before the two golfers even teed off. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025 Even with a net sum of 228,000 jobs added, all eyes are on how layoffs to the federal workforce are showing up in the data, with 4,000 federal jobs lost in March after 11,000 lost in February. Kate Bahn, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all eyes

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“All eyes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20eyes. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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