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to overpower with light
the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants
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Recent Examples of blinded
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
The trailer’s biggest comedic moment arrives when Woody shows up in person and removes his hat, revealing a bald spot that hilariously glistened in the sunlight and blinded the other toys.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
The bald spot hilariously glistened in the sunlight and blinded the other toys.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
But proximity to the sport’s oldest traditions has not blinded him to the possibilities opening up in the Gulf.
—Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
The awe-inspiring dream that often starts as a child can quickly turn into a nightmare for athletes who get blinded by the bright Olympic spotlight.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
The most are those who have met their match and are too blinded by rage to see it.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Ikram, now 26, survived the attack but was blinded in her right eye and permanently disfigured.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Most notably, the city paid a $3 million settlement to a woman who was blinded in one eye during a demonstration outside a south Sacramento police station the day before Garza was injured.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
One of the critical risks to patient privacy is the accidental inclusion of personally identifiable information in what is supposed to be a blinded data payload.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
Paris had blinded me to its beauty.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
The trailer’s biggest comedic moment arrives when Woody shows up in person and removes his hat, revealing a bald spot that hilariously glistened in the sunlight and blinded the other toys.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
The bald spot hilariously glistened in the sunlight and blinded the other toys.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
But proximity to the sport’s oldest traditions has not blinded him to the possibilities opening up in the Gulf.
—Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
The awe-inspiring dream that often starts as a child can quickly turn into a nightmare for athletes who get blinded by the bright Olympic spotlight.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
The most are those who have met their match and are too blinded by rage to see it.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Ikram, now 26, survived the attack but was blinded in her right eye and permanently disfigured.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Most notably, the city paid a $3 million settlement to a woman who was blinded in one eye during a demonstration outside a south Sacramento police station the day before Garza was injured.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinded
Verb
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Eleven, the show’s telekinetic heroine, who grew up in a lab, became dazed by the number of clothing options at the Gap.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
26 Dec. 2025
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Firefighters were trying to put out flames, others were trying to find victims inside, Sanford's truck was still there and church members who'd just survived the horror were on the lawn, dazed.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The host handed me a blindfold and Bose noise-canceling headphones, playing the hypnotic sounds of a space drum with birds chirping in the distance.—
Shelby Hartman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Eventually, a soldier came and returned my ID, removed the blindfold, untied me, and ordered me to go south immediately.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Heather Graham stunned in a striped bikini during a beach date in Mexico with Michel Civetta.—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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The January operation that removed Maduro stunned both allies and adversaries, abruptly ending more than a decade of his rule and creating a power vacuum within the socialist movement.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This feels like throwing at a dartboard blind.—
The Athletic,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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DeuxMoi shares a blind item that Watson is dating the billionaire, with a source claiming the actor was spotted at a wedding in Mexico.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Liu’s electric performance dazzled the crowd in Italy and had Americans back home raving about her.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Tuesday's total eclipse of the moon comes two weeks after a 'ring of fire' solar eclipse that dazzled people and penguins in Antarctica.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The 45-second commercial directed by Oscar-winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) opens with a blindfolded polar bear sitting in a gleaming white lab at a desk with a can of Pepsi Zero Sugar and Coke Zero Sugar in front of him.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
30 Jan. 2026
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Instead, investigators say once inside, she was ambushed, pistol-whipped, blindfolded and dragged into the basement.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Experts stated that there is still more to be known about the mechanism by which these sightless cells perceive the game or understand their objectives.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Then there’s the additional intrigue of just how Bocelli makes his way through the world, as a sightless person, constantly on the go.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Blinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinded. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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