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unsee

[uhn-see] / ˌʌnˈsi /


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He said he had advised both parents that once they saw the images, they would never be able to "unsee" them.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

But the best compliment I can pay Early is that, while you never quite unsee his jawline and strategic padding, his total commitment is such that it swings you over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Between the two actors’ faces lies a vast expanse of experience, disappointment, and things that Kay has seen and can’t unsee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Now that we’ve unearthed these lines, we can’t unsee them.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025

“Why you’d want to go back in time to change something. All those people,” she said, shutting her eyes as though she could unsee it all that way.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Daniel, with his unseeing yet piercing gaze, turns out to be the conscience of this story, which doesn’t mean that he, his memories or his eventual testimony can be entirely trusted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

It poised, tensed, on the landscape of shelterless rocks, While there, close beside, the still unseeing fox Was only a hare’s-breath away.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022

In other words, spiders toss, turn, and avert their unseeing gaze, much as humans do during their dreams.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

Sea horses gazed at me from dried, unseeing eye sockets, their snoutlike mouths frozen in a macabre O! of surprise.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2018

He had lain on a bed in the infirmary, in pain, unseeing, his memory slow to return, and half listened to the conversations of the gentle folk who took care of him.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

Most importantly, the researchers used this method to produce previously unseen crystal structures.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Previously unseen footage from a much-loved episode of Only Fools and Horses will reveal more depth and texture to the characters of the classic British sitcom, the maker of a new documentary has said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Moore plays Mona, a meek, thoroughly unseen wife and mother who impulsively decides to audition for a community theater musical despite having no experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Einstein Probe's wide-field soft X-ray monitoring has now exposed this previously unseen stage, giving astronomers a direct look at the opening moments of a short GRB.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

An unseen enemy might come out of the trees at any moment.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack


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