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The female Department of Correction officer slugged by a man held on Rikers Island for also sucker-punching an MTA station agent suffered a fractured eye socket and remains in the hospital, but is on the mend, her sisters said Wednesday.
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Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
These are people like me, whose hearts could fit in my chest, whose eyes could fit in my eye sockets, who were desirous of a lover’s touch.
—The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
The upper fangs sank into Wyatt’s left cheek, just below his eye socket, the lower into his top lip and right nostril, flaying his face in four separate places.
—Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Following your natural bone structure from your upper eye socket down to your inner orbital arch, applying a cool-toned concealer (one to two shades darker than your shade match) to enhance your natural bone structure can have a profound impact on your makeup look.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 Dec. 2024
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Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
These are people like me, whose hearts could fit in my chest, whose eyes could fit in my eye sockets, who were desirous of a lover’s touch.
—The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
The upper fangs sank into Wyatt’s left cheek, just below his eye socket, the lower into his top lip and right nostril, flaying his face in four separate places.
—Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Following your natural bone structure from your upper eye socket down to your inner orbital arch, applying a cool-toned concealer (one to two shades darker than your shade match) to enhance your natural bone structure can have a profound impact on your makeup look.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Eye socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eye%20socket. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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