1
: cheap whiskey
2
: the phenomenon of a subject's eyes appearing red in a color photograph taken with a flash
3
: a late-night or overnight flight
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Coco came in and had to be at the airport in two hours for a red-eye to New York.
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Kirby wrote that some less profitable flights are expected to be cut in the short term because of oil prices, like off-peak and red-eye flights.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
The femme fatale glamour that swept the New York presentations took a red-eye to Italy and got walking.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2026
The biggest bonus is that the set stays wrinkle-free, even on your long red-eye flights.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2026
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Kirby wrote that some less profitable flights are expected to be cut in the short term because of oil prices, like off-peak and red-eye flights.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
The femme fatale glamour that swept the New York presentations took a red-eye to Italy and got walking.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2026
The biggest bonus is that the set stays wrinkle-free, even on your long red-eye flights.
—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Red-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-eye. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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