eyeball-to-eyeball

Example Sentences

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For half a century, Moscow and Washington glared and growled at each other, eyeball-to-eyeball.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2022

But the Macron meeting marked a rare opportunity for a Western leader to spend an extended period of time in Putin's company and to gauge, eyeball-to-eyeball, his state of mind.

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2022

It even sounds like something that might have come from an eyeball-to-eyeball songwriting session with Lennon.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2018

“It is just a lot more intimidating to go eyeball-to-eyeball with law enforcement rather than just going into your local gun shop to buy a gun,” Professor Webster said.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2016

John Kennedy had spoken often of some sort of looming showdown with the Soviet Union, some eyeball-to-eyeball moment that would shove the future one way or the other.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin