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Examples
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The £26m paid was another Eastlands eyebrow-raiser but Marwood defends it.
Manchester City make plans for a future of financial fair play David Conn 2010
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Giggs was dispatched to left-back – an eyebrow-raiser but brave and ultimately crucial, a move by a manager destined to be a winner again.
Ryan Giggs a vital catalyst in Manchester United formula | David Pleat 2011
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But the real eyebrow-raiser is that an album ostensibly dedicated to the idea of female empowerment is so full of conventional sex-and-love piffle including, of all things, a salacious slow jam with Rihanna's notorious ex, Chris Brown and tributes to her own gorgeousness.
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Tintin looks like a cross-dressing woman throughout, but other than this minor eyebrow-raiser, the game of the film of the books brings its characters to life in ways that are true to the spirit of Tintin minus any hint of old world racism, naturally.
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The column follows an eyebrow-raiser from the Wall Street Journal.
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The column follows an eyebrow-raiser from the Wall Street Journal.
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The Durrell-Miller letters will no doubt be an eyebrow-raiser.
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Although her title is an eyebrow-raiser, Elizabeth Hawes knows what she's doing.
David Finkle: Writing Under the Influence, Living Under the Influence 2009
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He found considerable racism holding Obama back, but also reported this eyebrow-raiser:
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Schumer did, however, have this eyebrow-raiser: Well, the investigation is moving along ever since it started when we were first told -- when we asked just the question why were these seven U.S. attorneys fired, and they said, well, they all had bad records.
Glynnis MacNicol: RussertWatch: Perles of Wisdom, Not of Regret 2008
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