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as in blindfold
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as in provincial
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Recent Examples of blindfolded
Another genre of video shows war violence: a Hungarian girl crying as her blindfolded father, wearing a Hungarian uniform, is executed, apparently in Ukraine.
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Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
Vatu took the loss on this challenge, which saw nearly every member of each tribe blindfolded and led through an obstacle course by one non-blindfolded member.
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Jacob Wilt,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
11 Mar. 2026
In the next frame, the fictional father — bound, blindfolded and kneeling on a muddy battlefield — is approached by a soldier, and shot in the head.
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Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Over the past 15 years, he has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films.
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Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
Vatu took the loss on this challenge, which saw nearly every member of each tribe blindfolded and led through an obstacle course by one non-blindfolded member.
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Jacob Wilt,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
11 Mar. 2026
In the next frame, the fictional father — bound, blindfolded and kneeling on a muddy battlefield — is approached by a soldier, and shot in the head.
—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
Over the past 15 years, he has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films.
—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindfolded
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Anika Reed Was the blindfold the biggest trend of the Met Gala?
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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.
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Some applicants reportedly relied on genealogy websites such as Ancestry or FamilySearch, while others submitted archival records rather than documents issued by provincial vital statistics offices or civil registries, CIC News reported.
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There’s been something sinister afoot in provincial France in recent years.
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Fake controversies that always tilt against one specific viewpoint and ideology that they are too blinded to understand.
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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.
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Jongno is protectively insular.
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At times, Season 3 becomes too insular.
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The conflict looms large over the film’s Kosovar Albanian teens — as does institutionalized discrimination against them — but Basholli’s intentionally blinkered focus, through the eyes of her 13-year-old protagonist, proves constraining and liberating all at once.
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Her blinkered perspective is consumed with semi-realized introspection and self-reprobation.
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In the most parochial place that ever was or ever will be, authenticity functions as a means of psychic gatekeeping, and someone who doesn’t speak the lingua Francona isn’t someone who’s worth listening to when the game’s on.
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Of course, the ever-parochial instincts of Chicago, where neighborhood loyalties rule and aldermen are fiercely protective of their ward domains, means the decision on the location of any future Leo landmark could be contentious.
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And while a few of its more hidebound customs can present something of an endurance test—outside of Chicagoland, nobody actually enjoys Take Me Out to the Ball Game—fans would probably riot if MLB managers stopped wearing their team’s uniform.
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Trump expresses confidence that his nominee to become Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, can unleash an economic bonanza by jettisoning what the president sees as the central bank’s hidebound reluctance to slash interest rates.
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Only within the logic of an authoritarian or deeply reactionary culture can justice and beauty become controversial aims.
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Garrett says the new protocols acknowledge that academic institutions have the responsibility to take steps for the safety of their researchers and protect them from potentially dangerous interactions with conspiracy theorists and other reactionary zealots.
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“Blindfolded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindfolded. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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