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Examples
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NFL rules prohibit eye-black messages, so Tebow now cites the Bible on Twitter to almost 600,000 followers on the mornings of Broncos games.
Tim Tebow: Denver's New Favorite Mensch Ben Cohen 2011
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Even on a mostly overcast day in Ann Arbor, players wore eye-black on their cheeks.
Big Chill at the Big House: Lessons learned for Winter Classic Matthew Rennie 2010
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After being ejected from a game in 1999, then Mets manager Bobby Valentine returns to the dugout with shades and a crude, Groucho-esque, eye-black mustache.
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Julian Sancton Sancton, Julian 2008
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Jackson - or THA1, as he's taken to writing on his eye-black patches to promote his high-school nickname - finished off the Bruins with his third punt return for a score this season, tying the Pac-10 record in the third quarter.
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His left eye-black as a painted window'throbbed behind the gauze.
The Zero Walter, Jess 2006
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Broncos star Tim Tebow once touted the Bible passage John 3:16 on his eye-black during his days as a Florida Gator, but the scripture passage...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Susan Boynton 2012
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He often chalked biblical verses, such as John 3:16, on the eye-black strips players apply to their cheekbones to cut glare, prompting the NCAA to ban such messages the season after he finished his college career.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Broncos star Tim Tebow once touted the Bible passage John 3:16 on his eye-black during his days as a Florida Gator, but the scripture passage...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet 2012
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Broncos star Tim Tebow once touted the Bible passage John 3:16 on his eye-black during his days as a Florida Gator, but the scripture passage...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rabbi Jason Miller 2012
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Broncos star Tim Tebow once touted the Bible passage John 3:16 on his eye-black during his days as a Florida Gator, but the scripture passage...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rabbi Jason Miller 2012
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