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cross-eyed

[kraws-ahyd, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌaɪd, ˈkrɒs- /


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“It feels like I can almost read the Matrix code in those wings if I look at it cross-eyed hard enough,” said another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Sitting across from him at Canter’s, I also notice he appears to be a bit cross-eyed, which I find ironic because I always thought he had a wandering eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

If you're going cross-eyed trying to keep up, you're not alone.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2023

A corgi car, a chrome car, a map car, a cross-eyed duck car — the show’s imaginative turns were always surprising.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021

In it, Mariam saw her own face first, the archless, unshapely eyebrows, the flat hair, the eyes, mirthless green and set so closely together that one might mistake her for being cross-eyed.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini


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