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green-eyed

[green-ahyd] / ˈgrinˌaɪd /
ADJECTIVE
desirous
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American business and Silicon Valley, in particular, are littered with classic beefs fueled by ambition, greed and green-eyed jealousy: the late Steve Jobs vs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

"You are our flower, our baby and our green-eyed child."

From BBC • May 28, 2025

His mother, a green-eyed Creole woman raised in a country town just outside of Shreveport, La., moved the family to Compton.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023

Her name is Willow, and she’s a 2-year-old, green-eyed, gray and white farm cat from Pennsylvania.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2022

Cristiana glared at me like the proverbial green-eyed monster.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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