black eye
Example Sentences
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That naturally contributes to the fund’s volatility, and in the past led to a significant black eye.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The play was such a black eye that it was widely credited with putting an end to the standoff between the NFL and its referees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“I think it’s a major black eye for the city of L.A.,” one music executive said of Wasserman’s Epstein ties.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
The retraction is also a black eye for the Network for Greening the Financial System, a group of central banks and financial regulators that incorporated the study’s projections into its bank climate stress test scenarios.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Getting off on the wrong foot was a Mom catchphrase—that was what she’d said about Jonah and Billy Barton in second grade, when Jonah came home with a black eye.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
