eyeshade
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If I have to take an overnight flight again, I think I can get through it with the right mask and eyeshade.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022
On the way home, I stopped in New York to present these possibilities to William Shawn, to whom I have alluded as The New Yorker’s supreme eyeshade.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
But now that Daniels has been ordered to pay nearly $293,000 in legal fees, Daily Show host Trevor Noah broke out his green eyeshade to run the numbers.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2018
“Think of Bob Cratchit with the green eyeshade - somebody had to sit there and slug it out,” said Hurford.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2017
He sat up quickly, pulled the book out from under him, put on a green eyeshade, and waited with his pen poised in the air.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
Her own mortality was not top of mind when she slipped on her eyeshades and began taking heaving breaths at the October workshop, her first time trying holotropic breathwork.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
Nevertheless, all players except goalies wear eyeshades to ensure uniform blindness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
On dosing day, I wore eyeshades while lying on a small bed under the watch of two psychologists.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
Mr. Talese said that when Mr. Gelb was hired, The Times had uniformed elevator men with white gloves, editors in green eyeshades and switchboard operators who placed the reporters’ calls.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2014
“Here,” he said, and handed me his bronze eyeshades.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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