black eye
noun
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Hopper appears to have two black eyes in the booking photo attached to his jail record in Shelby County.
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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
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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
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20eye. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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