sharp-eyed
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But it’s his pages of sharp-eyed nature writing that will stay in mind, including an encounter with “a European brown bear, a near relative of the American grizzly.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Well... the sharp-eyed among you may have noticed that in the latest photo Nessa does not seem to be wearing a wedding ring.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
Luke Kirtley, a sharp-eyed coffee roaster in the building, said he spotted their car in the parking lot and called 911.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
A sharp-eyed colleague noted that some of the bones the archaeologists had thought belonged to the crypt’s inhabitant were actually covered in fine carvings, likely made using volcanic obsidian glass.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 26, 2024
A sharp-eyed Inspector would have been suspicious of those battered papers, but there were few sharp eyes here.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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