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He was the guy with the piercing eyes that could look right through you, that lived in Russia, and they called him the Sharpshooter at that time.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

“They’d look right through you when you tried to talk to them,” Dr. O’Connor said.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2018

Also, a fruit fly’s brain is transparent enough to look right through it under the microscope, so that one can watch neural processing while the fly is alive.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2014

Since the mid-1980s, he’s made eerily lifelike mannequins with shiny, soulful eyes that look right through you.

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2014

Our eyes met, but he seemed to look right through me.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon




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