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Click on the magnifying glass icon to see a map of the region The old man fiddled with the keys, peered rheumily in turn at three or four, then with a grunt chose one.

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2013

With the dawn, our eyes, which had known no sleep since Friday night, peered rheumily out over the whitening landscape.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian