beady eye
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Apes are known for picking locks and keeping a beady eye on their captors, waiting for the day someone forgets to lock the door.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2021
During the pilot phase, 320,000 people came under its beady eye, and together they watched 500,000 minutes of video to which they were Redirected.
From Slate • Sep. 27, 2016
He wants new “schools-standards directors” to keep a beady eye on what happens in classrooms.
From Economist • Jul. 24, 2014
Now General John Allen's beady eye will be on the Taliban The general's work in Afghanistan and Pakistan is still clearly unfinished business.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2011
A black bird the size of my forearm turns its head and focuses one beady eye on me.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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