eyeshade
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eyeshades
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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
“Fixing the economy doesn’t mean just taking a green eyeshade approach to the budget. Our government isn’t just about numbers. A strong, healthy economy allows us to protect our most vulnerable,” he says.
From Time ● Jan. 24, 2017
“DESTINATION?” shouted the Senses Taker, sitting up again, putting on his eyeshade, taking the pen from behind his ear, and opening his book.
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
In Birmingham, Truss took off the green eyeshades: “Low growth isn’t just numbers on a spreadsheet.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2022
In the Johns Hopkins trial that Ms. Petersen joined, participants wore eyeshades and headphones, lay down and listened to music.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2019
Banks of fluorescent lights hung down eighteen inches above the slanted, glass-topped desks where men wearing green eyeshades conferred over stacks of copy and photographs.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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