googly

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The experienced leg-spinner's googly may have been well studied by opposition batters, but it remains a potent weapon, as Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka discovered when he was trapped lbw slogging to leg.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

“We didn’t want googly eyes on the robot, nothing like that. So it did kind of surprise us when people seemed to feel very nurturing towards their robots.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

They also remind him of the late comic actor Marty Feldman, whose googly eyes shot off in different directions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Not long after that, they saw the first bootleg merchandise: a toy version of Mico, el Micófono, a character that is just a microphone with googly eyes that street vendors could easily replicate.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

As I wiped at my face, Colton’s head leaned down and then he crouched beside me, quietly picking googly eyes out of the dirt.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry