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are eying

  • present progressive
    of eye.
    eye
    noun
    the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

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Rep. Kevin Hern and Majority Whip Tom Emmer are eying the majority leader position in the conference.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

Multiple nations are eying the moon's south pole with research teams plotting out how and where to explore the bottoms of the sun-shy features.

From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023

Governments are eying "special mission" business jets capable of looking or listening at potentially lower running costs than converted passenger or military planes.

From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2022

That perception is in part why regulators around the world are eying Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2021

The two hostile forces are eying each other with horrid looks.

From Homeburg Memories by George Fitch