starry-eyed

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When starry-eyed “Pretty in Pink” devotees think of Andie and Iona, we think of their looks, their personalities and their willingness to fight for themselves.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

When others are making New Year’s resolutions, or are starry-eyed about the prospects of making money, many companies issue earnings preannouncements that are essentially confessions.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

He’s stubborn too, convinced the new generation are starry-eyed fools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

You’d hardly know it, however, listening to his chummy chat with the starry-eyed Newsom.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

Born in Polish-Ukrainian Galicia, Rabi was the levelheaded physicist who had tartly denounced Strauss’s vendetta against Oppenheimer and had attempted, if fruitlessly, to talk Lawrence and Alvarez down from their starry-eyed pursuit of the Super.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik