gimlet-eyed
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Fearing the worst, however, voters who normally couldn’t tell a “jungle primary” from a jungle gym began thinking a lot like gimlet-eyed political strategists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Today, the optimism is largely confined to AI architects and gimlet-eyed executives calculating how much AI can reduce head count while workers wonder whether they will be replaced by AI, or someone who knows AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
The explosive growth brought with it gimlet-eyed reassessments of what it had taken to bring Los Angeles to its newfound stature as reigning metropolis of the West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Some experts predicted that the debate over the king’s role would fade away quickly, as the unionists busied themselves with a gimlet-eyed reading of the text of the Windsor Agreement.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Some had sour, gimlet-eyed faces; some had not yet lost the rolling gait of sea captains.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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