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eyelash

[ahy-lash] / ˈaɪˌlæʃ /




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Many species are no wider than an eyelash and typically grow close to the ground in damp, shaded environments.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 1, 2026

Years later, when my salary broke six figures, I found myself dropping $20 on a fancy cocktail without batting a designer-mascaraed eyelash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Can you explain how and why you came up with the eyelash sequence, which you shot in excruciating close-up, and the truly disgusting tapeworm?

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

Within those cables there are tiny strands of fiber optic material, the width of an eyelash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

He poked the eyelash into the water droplet and stirred it, separating the slices from one another.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

In a realistic 1870s monument for a member of the Piaggio family, a dead man’s widow, shown leaving the door of a tomb, is wearing an elaborate lace shawl and mourning through her sculpted eyelashes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

She hid her habit with lash extensions, but when beauty salons closed during Covid Daisy decided to create a serum to help her eyelashes grow back.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

One senior party figure told me: "The eyelashes will deliver for a day, maybe a week. But the scrutiny is brutal. Won't last three months, never mind three years."

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Although much of her previous work involved strong co-stars or ensembles, Byrne carries this film almost single-handedly, often through close-ups shot so tightly that she felt like her eyelashes might brush the camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

“And the eyelashes and lips are my favorite parts.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry


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