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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Residents along inner Cape Cod and over the bridge into southeastern Plymouth County should expect the 17-year periodical red-eye cicadas to surface by late June.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
These flowy, featherlight pants are tailor-made for a red-eye flight or sweltering arrival gate.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025
The woman, identified as Barbara Morgan, was a passenger on a red-eye flight from San Francisco to Dallas last April.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Shai, a defenseman for the Red Wings’ AHL affiliate Grand Rapids, got permission to fly to Vegas on Sunday, then took a red-eye home postgame to be back for Monday’s practice.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
These flowy, featherlight pants are tailor-made for a red-eye flight or sweltering arrival gate.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025
The woman, identified as Barbara Morgan, was a passenger on a red-eye flight from San Francisco to Dallas last April.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Shai, a defenseman for the Red Wings’ AHL affiliate Grand Rapids, got permission to fly to Vegas on Sunday, then took a red-eye home postgame to be back for Monday’s practice.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Red-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-eye. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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