set eyes on
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Jeff Siegrist was a student at the University of Tennessee when he first set eyes on her at a Knoxville dealership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Madison and Borisov share a palpable chemistry from the moment they set eyes on each other in “Anora,” though you could hardly call it a “meet cute.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024
It was in the indoor nets at the historic Basin Reserve ground where Cameron first set eyes on Stokes.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2023
By the time Boikiv set eyes on her husband again, Kolia had been dead for a month.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022
Some of us had never set eyes on her.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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