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as in guilt
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Recent Examples of black eye
This isn't the first black eye in recent memory for the small Delaware County department.
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Joe Holden,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Fearing retaliation from her employer, the worker clocked in to work with a black eye, her face still swollen from the attack, according to the complaint.
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Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
The men got into a physical fight on April 13 that left Mares with a black eye, the man said.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
Photographs taken April 8 and attached to the filing showed one detainee, Raiko Lopez Morffi, with a black eye and an injured arm.
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Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for black eye
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Fearing retaliation from her employer, the worker clocked in to work with a black eye, her face still swollen from the attack, according to the complaint.
—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
The men got into a physical fight on April 13 that left Mares with a black eye, the man said.
—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
Photographs taken April 8 and attached to the filing showed one detainee, Raiko Lopez Morffi, with a black eye and an injured arm.
—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for black eye
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black eye
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Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the convictions, saying the trial was tainted by the county clerk Becky Hill’s inappropriate comments to jurors implying his guilt.
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Graf said that comment violated a rule prohibiting prosecutors from expressing their opinion about the guilt or innocence of a defendant.
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Yet relief from a good scratch, in evolutionary terms, is positive feedback.
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Unlike Leviticus, Obsession and Backrooms didn’t build their audiences from scratch.
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The trademarking of Trump To their discredit, according to voting records, Senate Democrats Kristen Arrington, Tracie Davis, Barbara Sharief and Shevrin Jones initially voted for the bill in committees.
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No discredit to the movie, obviously.
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The officer suffered fractured ribs, abrasions and bruising and was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment, police said.
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Standardized fabric-durability tests measure how many abrasion cycles a fabric withstands before showing wear, and textile-testing services could use them to estimate garment longevity and generate CPW labels next to the price.
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Still, the 2025-26 campaign could have descended into historical ignominy.
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Now players such as Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Cristiano Ronaldo share the ignominy.
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While Gray put together a big night on the bump, Eaton and right-fielder Wilyer Abreu compiled their own at the plate.
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For the event, where Cuoco connected with the man of the hour Larry David, the Big Bang Theory alum dressed her bump in an elegant black short-sleeve dress with pockets.
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His narrator is writing in response to a request from his grandchildren, and his narrative is wracked by a sense of dishonor and guilt.
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Indeed, war and waste seem the ideal subjects of national service; the first because of the special risks involved, the second because of the dishonor.
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Thomas showed photos to CBS News Chicago Investigators of blood left behind from the gash to the back of his head, and scrapes and bruises to his face.
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Minor scrapes and blisters happen too often while traveling, and the ship's medical center is notoriously expensive for the little stuff that a bandage would fix.
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“Black eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20eye. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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