black eye
noun
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Eight of the nine actors sport racoon black eye makeup smudging.
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Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 23 July 2024
The sanctions are yet another black eye for Boeing, which has struggled to recover from a seemingly endless onslaught of troubling headlines.
—Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
During her June 2023 concert at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in lower Manhattan, Rexha was hit in the forehead with a phone, splitting her eyebrow and causing a black eye.
—Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
The 🇧🇷 Brazilian gymnast fell off eight feet from her bar and kneed herself, got a black eye, dusted herself off... and has secured her country's first ever medal in the event.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 30 July 2024
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Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 23 July 2024
The sanctions are yet another black eye for Boeing, which has struggled to recover from a seemingly endless onslaught of troubling headlines.
—Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
During her June 2023 concert at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in lower Manhattan, Rexha was hit in the forehead with a phone, splitting her eyebrow and causing a black eye.
—Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
The 🇧🇷 Brazilian gymnast fell off eight feet from her bar and kneed herself, got a black eye, dusted herself off... and has secured her country's first ever medal in the event.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 30 July 2024
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20eye. Accessed 24 Sep. 2024.
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