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were eyeing

  • past progressive
    of eye.
    eye
    noun
    the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

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Spot gold was higher, and RHB said according to the chart Comex gold futures were eyeing resistance at $4,200 an ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

She said markets were eyeing a 60 percent chance of a 25-basis-point increase in September, with some even predicting three before January.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Broadcom reported adjusted earnings of $1.95 per share, which was also above the $1.87 analysts were eyeing.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025

At 231-7, England were eyeing the chance to bat before the close, only to be held up by Mitchell Santner.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024

The unoccupied area that the Osage were eyeing was bigger than Delaware, but most whites regarded the land as “broken, rocky, sterile, and utterly unfit for cultivation,” as one Indian Affairs agent put it.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann