eye-watering
Britishadjective
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Palantir has been known to command an eye-watering valuation premium relative to the rest of the software industry.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
An eye-watering, cough-inducing thick stench of burning plastic permeated Dodger Stadium on Sunday morning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
But if you look into the costs, there are eye-watering sums of cash being spent.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
And economic analysis can bring some clarity as to what brought about such eye-watering ticket prices, whether they are justifiable and why many think them unfair.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026
For a nation grappling with the Depression, that was an eye-watering sum.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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